Question

Q58) The 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to a Japanese biologist for his work on “Autophagy”. what is autophagy?

• A. a) It is the process of degrading and recycling of cellular components.
• B. b) It is self-destruction of a normal cell
• C. c) It is the process of carbohydrate synthesis by blue green algae.
• D. d) None of the above

Answer 1

The correct option is A

a) It is the process of degrading and recycling of cellular components.

Answer 58: A

Explanation: Yoshinori Ohsumi, a Japanese cell biologist was awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for “his
discoveries of mechanisms for autophagy”. Autophagy is a greek term for “self-eating”.It is a fundamental process for degrading and
recycling cellular components. This discovery of the mechanism of autophagy will aid in the fight against diseases such as cancer,
Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s.