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Nobel Awarded for Discovering the Power of Cells

A Japanese medical biologist won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his research on autophagy, the process by which cells digest and recycle themselves.

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Nobel Awarded for Discovering the Power of Cells

by Sarah Schroeder, The Texas Tribune
October 10, 2016

<h1>Nobel Awarded for Discovering the Power of Cells</h1>
<p class="byline">by Sarah Schroeder, The Texas Tribune <br />October 10, 2016</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nature.com/news/medicine-nobel-for-research-on-how-cells-eat-themselves-1.20721">A Japanese medical biologist won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his research on autophagy</a>, the process by which cells digest and recycle themselves, which led to further discoveries about a cell&rsquo;s potential to fight cancer. (Nature)</p>
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Nobel Awarded for Discovering the Power of Cells

Sarah Schroeder, The Texas Tribune
October 10, 2016

A Japanese medical biologist won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his research on autophagy, the process by which cells digest and recycle themselves, which led to further discoveries about a cell’s potential to fight cancer. (Nature)

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Sarah Schroeder wrote about medicine and science for The Texas Tribune in 2016 while completing a master's in public health UT-Austin, where she studied health promotion, health communication, and health... More by Sarah Schroeder

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