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

They both have cell membranes, although one has a cell wall and the other doesn’t. Plant and animal cells have many ...

This fluorescence image shows chloroplasts (magenta colored) successfully incorporated into the hamster cells, with other features of the animal ... numerous cell functions in plants and algae.

Do similar mechanisms operate in plant and animal stem cells to maintain long-term division and pluripotency? In conclusion, at least some of the genes that control the stem cell state in animals ...

A first-of-its-kind achievement has implanted photosynthesizing cells in animal cells to make “planimals.” This feat could be ...

Scientists in Japan have created hybrid plant-animal ... cells. However, there is a problem that they cannot increase in size due to hypoxia (low oxygen levels) inside the tissue, which prevents ...

Energy-making chloroplasts from algae have been inserted into hamster cells ... cell functions in plants and algae. "We thought that the chloroplasts would be digested by the animal cells within ...