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Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP)

PRP (platelet-rich plasma therapy) procedure is to obtain a platelet-enriched plasma by centrifuging the patient’s blood for faster healing of a certain area. The obtained plasma is then injected into the patient and ensures cell regeneration in the injected area. It provides healing of muscles, tendons, ligaments and joints1, 7. What are platelets and plasma? […]

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Autophagy

Autophagy is a term of Greek origin meaning ‘eating yourself’, the highly conserved cellular mechanism in the recycling of long-lived proteins and damaged organelles. Autophagy is a degradation pathway that functions in all nucleated cells from yeast to humans and has critical importance in maintaining intracellular balance1. It was first discovered in rat liver epithelial

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