Scientists at The University of Tokyo have integrated chloroplasts, the energy-producing organelles found in plants and algae ...

After isolating the algae’s chloroplasts and injecting them into hamster cells, the researchers cultured them for several days. During that time, they checked for photosynthetic activity using light ...

Too much of a good thing is no good at all. Living organisms enjoy sunlight -- in fact, many need it to stay alive -- but they tend to avoid light that is too bright. Animals go to their shelter, ...

Chloroplasts, the parts of cells that allow plants and algae to ... Further observations using an electron microscope revealed that the structure of the thylakoid membrane of the chloroplasts ...

Researchers created solar-powered animal cells, by combining chloroplasts from algae with hamster cells Researchers at the University of Tokyo have combined chloroplast from the algae with the hamster ...

A research team from the Chinese Academy of Sciences elucidated the high-resolution structure of the Orf2971-FtsHi complex, a chloroplast motor complex from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. The study ...

The next step—ensuring chloroplasts can survive longer in animal cells. In the study, the researchers inserted energy-making chloroplasts from a rare red algae into Chinese hamster cells ...

Using microscopy, they captured movies of the cell and its chloroplast ... returned to its original size and shape. The structure that allows the chloroplast to make these necessary changes ...

The problem, however, is that animals’ immune systems tend to destroy chloroplasts the moment they are introduced into their cells, which is why no one has ever managed to get them to stick before.

Hamster cells capable of photosynthesis: this could transform medicine. A Japanese team successfully achieved this feat, opening up new possibilities for artificial organs and tissues. The experiment ...