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Tag: Autodigestion

Pancreas structure
A new study links damage caused by digestive enzymes escaping from the gut to several hallmarks of aging. The researchers dubbed this effect "autodigestion." [1] Don’t eat yourself up! To live, we must eat, which involves breaking down compounds that we ourselves consist of, such as fat and proteins. Evolution has developed ingenious ways to...

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