Thus plant stem cells depend on the function of other, neighboring, cells to continue behaving as stem cells, and therefore some sort of signal must be passed between cells to maintain stem cell ...

Apicoplasts are organelles that were discovered in parasites like the one that causes malaria. How did scientists discover these organelles, and what do they do?

But the type of a cell is determined by patterns of expression of that genome. The cell’s nature is shaped by which proteins are made in what quantities within the cell. Once begun, the process of ...

In a groundbreaking study on the synthesis of cellulose—a major constituent of all plant cell walls—a team of Rutgers University-New Brunswick researchers have captured images of the microscopic ...

A plastic box, a small bag filled with water, clingfilm, peas, water with green food colouring, and a grape The plastic box is the plant cell wall. The peas represent chloroplasts and the grape ...

Each component of a cell has its own function. Animal and plant cells differ and they have similarities. Nucleus, cell membrane, cytoplasm and mitochondria are four cell components that are found ...

To improve the dairy industry’s green credentials, one small lab is making real milk from cells without stepping foot on a farm. Can cellular agriculture replace traditional dairy farming?