Process cells use to destroy damaged organelles now identified

Friday, December 23, 2016 - 13:31 in Health & Medicine

Researchers have uncovered the mechanism that cells use to find and destroy an organelle called mitochondria that, when damaged, may lead to genetic problems, cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, inflammatory disease, and aging.

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