Medical and biology term coined by Christian de Duve Belgian biochemist in 1963, derived from the Greek autos, self and fagomai, eat, action eat itself. Some living organisms on his less useful organs perform this form of nurture is exceptionally to survive in situations of prolonged need. The cellular Autophagy is a process studied by Japanese biologist Yoshinori Ohsumi, so Nobel of Medicine received the award last year. The protagonists of this process are some organelles of the cell called Lysosomes that digest and recycle others parts damaged and of undone.
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