Sriman Dutta Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 Mr. Yoshinori Ohsumi will receive the Nobel Prize in Medical Science 2016 for his great achievement of discovering and understanding the process of autophagy. Autophagy is the body's internal recycling process by which scrap cell parts are captured and the useful parts are utilized to generate energy. Ohsumi has been successful in explaining in detail how this process works. He reported that he was a bit shocked when he got the phone call from the Noble Prize Committee. Further reading : www.theguardian.com/science/2016/oct/03/yoshinori-ohsumi-wins-nobel-prize-in-medicine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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