Peptide found to induce autophagy resulting in defense against diseases

 "(Medical Xpress)—A multi-disciplined team of researchers from the United States and The Netherlands has found that introducing a certain type of peptide into mice cells induces autophagy, which in turn helps in fighting diseases. In their paper published in the journal Nature, the researchers describe how introducing the peptide Tat- Beclin 1 into mice cells resulted in a natural process known as autophagy becoming active, which in turn was found to help combat several types of diseases."

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