Aging Gracefully Requires Taking Out The Trash
December 20, 2007 | Source: Science Daily
Salk Institute scientists have found that boosting autophagy (self-cleaning) in the nervous system of fruit flies prevented the age-dependent accumulation of cellular damage in neurons and promoted longevity.
This research complements previous findings that suppressing autophagy can accelerate the accumulation of protein aggregates, which leads to neural degeneration.