In 2000, it was suggested to me that “Autophagy will be the wave of the future; it will become the new apoptosis.” Few people would have agreed at the time, but this statement turned out to be ...

Each morning for a week, ten young men braced themselves before slipping into tubs of frigid water — just 14 degrees Celsius, ...

In a nutshell Your cells learn to adapt to cold stress fast. In just seven days of daily cold plunges, participants’ cells ...

What do cells do when they are “hungry”? Eukaryotic cells cope with starving conditions by eating their own components, a process called autophagy. Aa Aa Aa Normally, when you are hungry you ...

A new study conducted at the Human and Environmental Physiology Research lab (HEPRU) at the University of Ottawa has unveiled ...

Summary: Cold water immersion for seven days significantly improves cellular resilience and autophagic function, helping ...

In 2016, "Autophagy" (*1) (Fig. 1) became famous when Professor Yoshinori Ohsumi of Tokyo Institute of Technology received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. It is one of the intracellular ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet, led by Dr. Helin Norberg and Dr. Erik Norberg, have identified a previously unknown mechanism that affects the ability of cancer cells to spread in the body.

Chilling Out Might Just Be the Secret to Healthier Cells New research from the University of Ottawa reveals that repeated cold-water immersion helps train the body to better manage cellular stress.

Fixing impaired pruning and autophagy signaling in neurons eases the symptoms of autism in a mouse model of the disorder. Kerry served as The Scientist’s news director until 2021. Before joining The ...