Autophagy is a vital process in which the body’s cells “clean out” any unnecessary or damaged components. It may be possible to induce autophagy, but there may be associated risks. Researchers have ...

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 ...

Daniela Hernandez extends her health and science reporting to cover a variety of relevant subjects from Covid-19 to climate change.

Our immune system has various ways to deal with threats from the outside like pathogens. One of the defence mechanisms is a process called autophagy. 'You can imagine autophagy as the vacuum cleaner ...

Novel autophagy research traces new mammalian pathways and reveals unexpected impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection. The intricate biological process known as autophagy plays a vital role in keeping our ...

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- In a groundbreaking first for nutrition science, researchers have published pilot clinical trial data showing that the 5-day Fasting Mimicking Diet (FMD) was ...

Nutrient deprivation inhibits mTORC1 and activates AMPK, which then dephosphorylates or phosphorylates ULK1 at different sites, leading to the activation of the ULK complex and initiation of the ...

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 ...