VIENNA, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- Researchers at the University of Vienna have discovered new details about how cells dispose of waste products in a new study.
The study, published in the journal Molecular Cell, builds on previous scholarship by Yoshinori Ohsumi, which identified autophagy as the process by which cells rid themselves of viruses, bacteria and damaged material. According to the research team's new findings, the key protein utilized in the process known as Atg1 is regulated in both space and time.