Deciphering cell’s recycling machinery earns Nobel
Yoshinori Ohsumi honored for studies of autophagy
PRIZED CELLS Yoshinori Ohsumi, a biologist at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, won this year’s Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for his work uncovering how cells break down old materials — a process critical for keeping cells healthy.
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Figuring out the nuts and bolts of the cell’s recycling machinery has earned the 2016 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine.