The UTSW research team that reported on autophagy in Nature includes, from left: (front) Drs. Ming Chang Hu, Beth Levine, and Orson Moe, and (back) Salwa Sebti and Álvaro Fernández. Credit: Image courtesy of UT Southwestern Medical Center
Building on two decades of research, investigators at UT Southwestern have determined that “cellular housekeeping” can extend the lifespan and healthspan of mammals. A study jointly led by Drs. Salwa Sebti and Álvaro Fernández, postdoctoral researchers in the Center for Autophagy Research, found that mice with persistently increased levels of autophagy – the process a cell uses to dispose of unwanted or toxic substances that can harm cellular health – live longer and are healthier...
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