Cells routinely self-cannibalize to take out trash

Cells routinely self-cannibalize to take out trash

Illustration of an autophagosome (light blue double-membrane to the right) engulfing cellular material. CREDIT:  David S. Goodsell and Daniel Klionsky/RCSB PDB-101, CC BY-SA Don’t let the textbook diagram of a simplified two-dimensional cell fool you—within this tiny...