autophagy

We may need to revise the lyrics from a classic musical: "Just a spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down... in the most delightful way." Robert and Richard Sherman, Mary Poppins (1964)

Let's call progress against cancer a mixed bag. Until 20 years ago, chemotherapy drugs — poisons that kill or stop the division of cells— have been the mainstay of cancer treatment.

Early on October 3, 2016, the world-famous committee in Stockholm announced that Japanese scientist Yoshinori Ohsumi had been awarded the Nobel Prize in