In animals, these specialised cells can never return to a stem cell state on their own. In plants, however, they can. "Specialised cells of plants can return to being stem cells without external ...

Plant stem cells, as in animals, are maintained in specialized microenvironments, which are known as stem cell niches, where local signals from organizer cells act to prevent stem cell ...

The minute amounts of poison found in many seeds, leaves and roots are the result of the protracted arms race between plants and the animals that ... now and then, an edible plant can be a problem.

Livestock farming is destroying our planet. It is a major cause of land and water degradation, biodiversity loss, acid rain, coral reef degeneration, deforestation -- and of course, climate change.

A look at the cells of different organisms and a comparison of the structures found in plant and animal cells. All animal cells are surrounded by a membrane which contains the cytoplasm.

IMAGINE producing meat at home without killing animals. With a few cells and a keg ... He is excited to get to the stage where he has edible pieces of meat to sample. “I’m curious about ...