It’s got a good beat, and your cells can recycle to it. The “it” in this case is not a newly released hit song, but the under-appreciated B side of autophagy-related protein 8 (ATG8), a ubiquitin-like ...

Autophagy is a self-preservation mechanism in which your body removes damaged or dysfunctional parts of cells in order to regenerate newer, healthier cells. “Auto” means self and “phagy” means eat. So ...

While autophagy is a regular bodily process involving the clearing out of old cells, you’ve likely never heard of it. The term only recently gained popularity with the rise of fasting-type diets, with ...

Autophagy is a natural process that occurs as your body clears out and replaces damaged cell parts with new ones. It occurs within your body at all times. It has been linked to a long list of ...