Who won the Nobel Prize for autophagy diet? The science behind Yoshinori Ohsumi’s discovery
                                
                                
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                                Japanese cell biologist Yoshinori Ohsumi was awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his groundbreaking discoveries concerning the mechanisms of autophagy. This award, however, was for fundamental cellular research, not for popular dieting regimens, clarifying the distinction between his scientific achievement and the health trend it influenced.