Autophagy

Right: the opening (red) of the phagophore (green) remains narrow thanks to the coordinated activity of two protein clusters. Left: The opening widened after the scientists reduced the action of the valve that is responsible for closing it

open a little mouth

This is how you maintain a balanced diet of the autophagy organs - the self-eating mechanism in our body cells that removes waste and strengthens our health
Research professor Aharon Chachanover. Photography: Dan Forges

Nobel groom Aharon Chahanover: the prize to Yoshinori Ohsumi, closes a circle of four Nobel prizes in the field of cell destruction

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Photography from the intestinal cavity to their surface using a scanning electron microscope. You can see groups of bubbles protruding from the surface of the goblet cells, on their way to be released into the intestinal cavity. In a mouse without inflammasome, the bubbles are prominent but not secreted

Control, ripening and excrement

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Danit Oz Levy and Amir Gelman. Standing in the back, from the right: Prof. Doron Lantz and Prof. Zebulon Elazar. rare mutations

Mistakes on the way to recycling

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germination. Photo: Weizmann Institute

In a sharp transition

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Assaf Rubinstein and Prof. Adi Kimchi. dual purpose. Photo: Weizmann Institute

self destruction

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