A certain species of sea slug steals chloroplasts from algae and houses its contraband in special organelles that it can raid ...

A new study led by Harvard biologists describes how some sea slugs consume algae and incorporate their photosynthetic ...

After decades of failed attempts, scientists have finally succeeded in coaxing animal cells into photosynthesizing. So far, the researchers have only managed to achieve the feat in cultured cells ...

Whoa, Scientists Made Animal Cells Do Photosynthesis. No longer the exclusive domain of plants, this tech could revolutionize lab-grown tissue. By Tim Newcomb Updated: Nov 12, 2024 1:12 PM EST. 1.

The question of whether Earth is alone in harboring life has captivated humanity for millennia. In recent years, scientists ...

The addition of photosynthetic cells capable of generating their own oxygen could help counteract this, offering an internal oxygen supply and potentially fueling cell growth. Researchers suggest this ...

Photosynthetic mammalian cells. To increase the supply of ATP and NADPH in animal cells, the Zhejiang University School of Medicine researchers created nanoscale structures from chloroplasts known ...

Photosynthetic cells are quite diverse and include cells found in green plants, phytoplankton, and cyanobacteria. During the process of photosynthesis, cells use carbon dioxide and energy from the ...

More information: Pengfei Chen et al, A plant-derived natural photosynthetic system for improving cell anabolism, Nature (2022). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05499-y.

However, Matsunaga says that "by mixing in chloroplast-implanted cells, oxygen could be supplied to the cells through photosynthesis, by light irradiation, thereby improving the conditions inside ...