Self-cell cells in the Nobel Prize for Medicine help treat critical diseases

Research by the Japanese scientist who won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Medicine for the cell's autonomous mechanism opens the door to application in the treatment of critical diseases.

Yoshinori Osumi , Japanese scientist, won the 2016 Nobel Prize for Medicine on October 3 after years of studying yeast cells to understand the cell's autonomous mechanism , Nature World News reported.

Yoshinori Oshumi, Japanese scientist, won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2016. (Photo: Kenishii).

Self-realization is the basic process of cell division and regeneration. This process has been known to scientists since 1960, when the lysosome was discovered , the place where the separated cells were stored. After observing, the scientists discovered the same cells as the "self-feeding" gels, destroying the contents. They then shrink and form bag-shaped puffles and move to the body.

However, before that, scientists have not yet understood how cells make their own processes. Ohsumi's research answered this issue.

Ohsumi was born in 1945 in Fukuoka, Japan. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Tokyo in 1974 and opened a laboratory in 1988. Ohsumi's research objective was to understand the correct functioning of the autonomous mechanism. He studied the cells of the bread yeast to find out the type of gene involved in the real process. After that, Ohsumi recreated this process and came to the conclusion, the same autonomous process also occurs in human cells.

"When studying the processes in the body, I discovered that there is a new process of renewal in the human body, so that a living body can exist , " Ohsumi answered Japanese television station NHK. .

The process of cell realization is very important. In the absence of nutrients, cells break down proteins and unnecessary components to reuse them into energy. The real-life process also helps to kill viruses and invading bacteria, eliminating damaged structures. It is thought to have the ability to defeat cancer, infectious diseases, immune diseases and neurodegenerative disorders.

Researching on self-cells can help treat serious diseases.(Photo: Bestchinanews).

The process of autogenous separation is also associated with Parkinson's disease, type 2 diabetes and other disorders in the elderly.

"Thanks to Ohsumi's research and his successors, we know that the autologous process involved in regulating important physiological functions. Mutations in autologous genes can cause genetic disease. In addition, autonomic mechanism disorders are also linked to cancer , so many in-depth studies are being done to make drugs aimed at the self-actualization of diseases , " the report said. Nobel Council explained.

Ohsumi's research also inspires many scientists around the world to study the process.

"He opened a new field," said Seungmin Hwang, assistant professor at the Department of Pathology at the University of Chicago.