A research team from the University of Basel has succeeded in synthesizing simple, environmentally sensitive cells complete ...

Pando is the world's largest tree. Its name means "I spread" in Latin, and it does indeed spread: The organism has given rise ...

Hamster cells capable of photosynthesis: this could transform medicine. A Japanese team successfully achieved this feat, ...

There is also evidence that individual nucleotides can spontaneously assemble into chains to make RNA. This is a crucial step ...

Importantly, these imported chloroplasts displayed activity for two further days, during which time their host cells grew at an accelerated rate. This indicates that photosynthesis was indeed ...

Researchers had given up on achieving photosynthesis in animals, Professor Sachihiro Matsunaga told Newsweek, but that didn't stop him and his colleagues.

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Previously, it was believed that chloroplasts—light-capturing structures essential to plant cells—could not function within animal cells.

Plant-based diets have soared in popularity as people look for ways to improve their health, reduce their carbon footprint, and consume less (or no) animal products. But while following plant ...

The framework "offers a transformative approach in the field of cell-free organelle-based therapy, particularly focusing on the use of neural stem cell-derived oxidative phosphorylating artificial ...