Taking out the protein garbage becomes more difficult as neurons age
IMAGE: Aberrantly formed autophagosomes accumulate in neuron of an aged mouse. view more Credit: Andrea Stavoe, Penn Medicine; eLife PHILADELPHIA – Cells dispose of harmful “trash” through autophagy, a normal and necessary process in which aggregated proteins and dysfunctional structures are handled. If any part of this fails, waste builds up inside cells, eventually killing them.…
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