Stem cells function as a source of new cells to grow or replace specialised tissues. To perform this function, these cells must divide to renew themselves, while some of their descendants eventually ...

Scientists in Japan have created hybrid plant-animal cells, essentially making animal cells that can gain energy from sunlight like plants. The breakthrough could have major benefits for growing ...

A group of researchers in Japan have made quite the breakthrough. According to a new study published in the Proceedings of the Japan Academy, Series B, these scientists have created solar-powered ...

The scientists tested different methods to see which encouraged the most tissue growth. They found that treating the seaweed ...

ITHACA, NY -- A protein that signals tissue damage to the human immune system has a counterpart that plays a similar role in plants, report researchers at the Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI). Professor ...

Osaka, Japan – Plants have an impressive ability to regenerate damaged tissues, but how they do it is not fully understood. Now, researchers from Japan have discovered the mechanisms involved in this ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract An efficient regeneration and transformation system was developed for two elite aspen hybrid clones (Populus canescens x P. grandidentada and ...

The group of naturally occurring plant hormones known as the cytokinins are defined by their ability to stimulate cell division in mature, differentiated, mitotically inactive cells in tissue culture.