# Autophagy - The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

This video explains Autophagy and why Yoshinori Ohsumi received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

Autors: Kerstin Beckert, Theresa Sieder

This video was produced in the context of the "Nobel Project" in cooperation with Wikimedia Sweden; see Simpleshow#Nobel Project 2016

Sources:

https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2016/

Nils-Göran Larsson and Maria G. Masucci, Scientific Background: Discoveries of Mechanisms for Autophagy, 2016, Karolinska Institutet

https://www.tagesspiegel.de/wissen/medizin-nobelpreis-fuer-yoshinori-ohsumi-die-kunst-sich-selbst-zu-essen/14636694.html

https://www.stern.de/gesundheit/autophagie--was-ist-das-eigentlich--7085870.html

https://www.scinexx.de/wissen-aktuell-20682-2016-10-04.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autophagy

- Kind: Short
- Year: 2016
- Runtime: 2 min
- By: Ilya at Simpleshow Foundation
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Autophagy_-_The_Nobel_Prize_in_Physiology_or_Medicine.webm)
- Licence or status: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Ilya at Simpleshow Foundation
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/commons/54026247?play=1)