Many cells in multicellular organisms are specialised. They have specific roles in the organism of which they are part. Their structure is adapted to their function. They are often grouped ...

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have uncovered how specialized cells surrounding small blood vessels, known as perivascular cells, contribute to blood vessel dysfunction in chronic ...

Ecker and his team found that when an infection is present, plant cells go into an immune state to respond to disease. The cells become a specialized cell known as Primary Immune Responder (PRIMER) ...

Scientists from the University of Turin in Turin, Italy developed a method to quantify plant-specialized metabolites for determining the quality of medicinal and aromatic plants. Their findings were ...

This is called photosynthesis. The basic structure of a plant cell is shown below. Photosynthesis relies on many structures in the cell all working together, each playing its role. The diagram ...

Stem cells are cells that have the capacity to self-renew by dividing and to develop into more mature, specialised cells. Stem cells can be unipotent, multipotent, pluripotent or totipotent ...

French train maker Alstom has agreed to sell its Görlitz plant in Germany to defence equipment maker KNDS, the companies said ...

Air plants bloom only once, their small pink, coral, purple or white flowers signaling their impending death. But no worries: ...

Feb. 4, 2025 — Research has shown that a potential new targeted therapy for childhood brain cancer is effective in infiltrating and killing tumor cells in preclinical models tested in mice.

Secondary cell walls mediate many crucial biological processes in plants including mechanical ... Interestingly, overexpressing OsBLH6, the third ortholog of Arabidopsis AtBLH6, in rice causes ...