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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Press Release: 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

For Students 9th - 10th
The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has awarded Yoshinori Ohsumifor his discoveries of mechanisms for autophagy on October 3, 2016. The studies revealed progress in how cells recycle their contents.
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City University of New York

Brooklyn College: Autophagy and Heterophagy

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Brooklyn College discusses the role of lysosomes as autophagy and heterophagy. Includes schematic diagram along with links to additional information.
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Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: The Major Functions of Lysosomes

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what lysosomes are, the different functions they perform in a cell, and what can happen when they become dysfunctional.