Nobel prize 2016! Scientist from Japan confirmed the wisdom of the Russian custom.

That long-awaited Nobel weekduring which winners will be announced for one of the most prestigious awards. Monday November 3, 2016, the honorable Committee has announced the name of the first laureate to receive the Nobel prize in medicine, he became a Japanese scientist, Elinore Osumi.

Nobel prize 2016



For a researcher from the University of Tokyo nomination was a complete surprise. This is a very rare phenomenon, when the award to one person. Often the reward is divided between several scientists.

Elinore Osumi, was awarded this prize because of his discoveries in the field of autophagy — the process of recycling and processing of unnecessary parts of the cells of the human body. Greek autophagy translates as samopouzdanje. In the picture you can see a schematic of this process.





In every cell of the human body has a built-in mechanism for processing and disposal of waste: unnecessary proteins of destroyed bacteria, recycled biomaterial. This process was first described by the Belgian scientist Christian de Dyuv in 1963.





Osumi investigated the phenomenon of autophagy in more detail, experimenting with yeast strains in which the process of autophagy was characterized by deviations from the norm. Open a Japanese scientist has led to new understanding of physiological processes such as adaptation to starvation or response to infection.





Osumi came to the conclusion that post — incredibly useful tradition, which helps the body in a short period not only to clean but also rejuvenate. Colleagues of the scientist is also confirmed by the fact that autophagy protects the body from premature ageing.





On 10 December in Stockholm will take place the award ceremony of Nobel laureates, where Elinore Osumi will receive their award at 950 thousand dollars. I hope scientist will manage the money correctly and make more than one discovery in the field of medicine.

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Victoria Poplavskaya Believes that art knows no rest! Enjoys drawing, used to look at life with a painter's eye. Cleaning the house and cooking finds work, a pleasure after all to any business can be creative! Loves unorthodox methods of solving problems. Favorite book Victoria — "Three comrades" E. M. Remarque.

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