At the beginning of 2011 we launched our first ingredient fully produced
by plant cell culture: Resistem, an anti-ageing ingredient.
This primary response involves the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), which are molecules that can act like tiny bombs when released
by the plant cell at the offending pathogen.
Not exact matches
While Beyond Meat is making its products out of
plants, Memphis Meats grows meat in tanks
by feeding oxygen, sugar, and other nutrients to living animal
cells.
Beyond using this clean electricity to power homes, offices and manufacturing
plants, the Chinese also view it as the fuel of choice for the growing number of vehicles hitting the road, setting a goal of putting five million «new energy» vehicles (EVs, plug - in hybrids and fuel -
cell cars) on the road
by 2020.
Tesla is planning to build the biggest lithium - ion battery
plant in the world in an effort to not only reduce
cell costs for its electric vehicles but to ramp up production as well to keep up with projections that it will be churning out 100,000 vehicles annually
by 2015.
Biology can be designated as a science logically distinct from physics and chemistry because its heuristic field is constituted
by questions directed toward whole organisms (
plants and animals),
cells and their «achievements» rather than toward atoms and molecules as such.
In both cases individual members may exercise some dominance over others, in particular
by altering the patterns guiding further growth and development, but the social coordination stems from basic patterns embodied in the genetic makeup of the
plant cells and in the laws and traditions of human culture.
Cell fusion technology is used to hybridize plants by removing cell walls from two cells of different species, usually those that would not normally breed under natural conditions, and then merging their conte
Cell fusion technology is used to hybridize
plants by removing
cell walls from two cells of different species, usually those that would not normally breed under natural conditions, and then merging their conte
cell walls from two
cells of different species, usually those that would not normally breed under natural conditions, and then merging their contents.
Alternative protein sources may include the use of
by - products currently viewed as waste or the development of new protein sources from
plants, lower order animals, or single -
cell organisms with a lower environmental impact compared with typical animal - based protein sources.
If the egg gets to the uterus and is fertilized
by a sperm
cell, it may
plant itself in that lining and grow into a baby.
Researchers found that NAD +, a natural molecule found in living
cells,
plants and food protects against autoimmune diseases
by altering the immune response and turning «destructive»
cells into «protective»
cells.
By exploiting new molecular and genetic insights, the research, done in collaboration with Pierre de Wit from Wageningen Agricultural University in the Netherlands, provides a better understanding of the defense system of crop
plants against the damaging pathogens that grow in the spaces between
plant cells.
Speeches came from a variety of speakers, including a science broadcaster and writer, a Pakistani - born Canadian Muslim who works in STEM, a Pakistani - born professor who studies
cell biology and anatomy; and, an emergency room physician who helped start the process to phase out coal - fueled power
plants by 2030 in Alberta.
The team led
by François Parcy, a CNRS senior researcher at the
Cell and
Plant Physiology Laboratory (CNRS / Inra / CEA / Université Grenoble Alpes), has just provided part of the answer.
The paper,
by V. Hegenauer at University of Tübingen in Tübingen, Germany, and colleagues was titled, «Detection of the
plant parasite Cuscuta reflexa
by a tomato
cell surface receptor.»
«It binds highly affine and very specific to sugar molecules that sit in the
cell wall of the fungi and which are normally recognized as «foreign»
by the
plant,» explains Professor of Molecular Biology Alga Zuccaro from the University of Cologne.
From courses in general botany and
cell physiology, taught
by the same stimulating teacher, I developed an interest in
plants, physiology, and ecology.
Lab testing showed that the
plant - made virus particles, which naturally bind to receptors on cancer
cells, were taken in
by human breast cancer
cells.
Sure enough,
plant root
cells that harbor fungal arbuscules increase their expression of genes involved in producing such lipids
by 3000-fold.
The
plant compounds used
by the UGA researchers — resveratrol, found in grapes; genistein, found in soybeans; and quercetin, found in apple peels and onions — have all been shown in previous studies to be fat - busters, causing fat
cells to burst and release their contents.
The BPEC
cell developed
by the researchers is based on the naturally occurring process of photosynthesis in
plants, in which light drives electrons that produce storable chemical energetic molecules, that are the fuels of all
cells in the animal and
plant worlds.
«Tropical trees, compared those in temperate forests, have three times as many living
cells surrounding the xylem that can facilitate these processes, which are not observed
by the typical experiments we conduct to determine how vulnerable a
plant is to droughts.»
Since the
plant responds to injury
by surrounding the wound with protective
cells that also happen to be highly nutritious, the larvae trick their host into providing them with a choice meal.
Normally,
plants adapt to drought - related stress
by producing osmoprotectants — molecules like soluble sugars that help prevent water from leaving
cells.
Research led
by Sandia National Laboratories and the University of California, Merced aim at bringing down the cost of hydrogen fuel
cells by using a dirt - cheap compound to create an uneven surface that resembles a
plant's leaves.
By throwing a wrench in the plant cell's lignin assembly line, BESC scientists found they could boost biofuel production by 38 percen
By throwing a wrench in the
plant cell's lignin assembly line, BESC scientists found they could boost biofuel production
by 38 percen
by 38 percent.
Until now, scientists were unable to prove that mammals use RNAi for killing viruses, but ironically, it was Ding's earlier research into
plants, nematodes and fruit flies that helped him find the key: viruses have been outwitting that innate protection in our
cells by using proteins to suppress our virus - killing mechanism.
Mitochondrial diseases are caused
by defects in mitochondria, the
cell's energy
plants.
Saab's combustion - control engine has leapfrogged the manufacturers still studying fuel
cells, methanol fuels, and electrics
by reinventing an ordinary internal - combustion gasoline power
plant that recycles unburned components of its exhaust.
The only previous demonstration —
by researchers led
by Shou - Wei Ding, PhD, a professor of
Plant Pathology and Microbiology at UC Riverside and co-corresponding author of the current study — was done in embryonic stem
cells and in newborn mice.
At the meeting, team member Koffi Konan, a
plant molecular biologist, showed how the
plants were made
by inserting shortened or backward versions of each of the genes — Ara h1, Ara h2, and Ara h3 — into cultured
cells from peanut
plants.
The research team tested the
cells in dishes that were treated with luteolin and found that migration was inhibited
by the
plant compound.
Earlier work
by the Düsseldorf biochemists suggested that something in cooking appears to liberate carotenoids from the
plant cells.
However, Dr Pullen and his team present evidence that
plant growth is actually «sink - limited,» meaning that genetic regulation and
cell division rates have a much bigger role in controlling
plant growth than previously thought: «We are proposing that
plant growth is not physically limited
by Net Primary Productivity (NPP) or the environment, but instead is limited genetically in response to these signals to ensure they do not become limiting.»
In the
plant - model Arabidopsis thaliana, the state of dormancy is maintained
by the endosperm, a single
cell layer within the seed coat surrounding the embryo, which synthesizes and continuously releases ABA towards the embryo.
Previous work
by Professor Bassel and Dr Johnston has identified how
plants cells use hormones to communicate, to assess environmental conditions around them and optimise the time when they begin germination.
Once ingested, the
plant cell wall protects the coagulation protein from being destroyed
by stomach acid.
Researchers have been able to watch the interior
cells of a
plant synthesize cellulose for the first time
by tricking the
cells into growing on the
plant's surface.
The inhibition is regulated
by different molecules in animals and
plants,» explains NAIST Professor Masaaki Umeda, who studies the role of stem
cells in
plant growth.
Previous to this research,
plant genes were studied
by cutting up
plants, killing the
cells and fixing them to glass slides.
An international team of scientists led
by the UK's John Innes Centre and including scientists from Australia, Portugal, China and Italy has perfected a way of watching genes move within a living
plant cell.
Thus, GCP - WD is a key factor in determining the form and the function of
plant cells,
by influencing their architecture.
Plant growth occurs
by increasing the number of
cells by cell division followed
by enlargement of the
cells.
Reproduction of flowering
plants occurs within a
plant's ovule
by the fertilisation of both the egg and a larger central
cell by two sperm
cells.
RIPK1, the researchers found, inflicts damage
by directly attacking the body's myelin production
plants — nerve
cells known as oligodendrocytes, which secrete the soft substance, rich in fat and protein that wraps around axons to support their function and shield them from damage.
A study developed
by researchers of the Institute for
Plant Molecular and Cell Biology (IBMCP), a joint center of the Universitat Politècnica de València and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), in collaboration with the Unit for Plant Genomics Research of Evry, France (URGV, in French) has discovered a new way of improving the longevity of plant seeds using genetic enginee
Plant Molecular and
Cell Biology (IBMCP), a joint center of the Universitat Politècnica de València and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), in collaboration with the Unit for
Plant Genomics Research of Evry, France (URGV, in French) has discovered a new way of improving the longevity of plant seeds using genetic enginee
Plant Genomics Research of Evry, France (URGV, in French) has discovered a new way of improving the longevity of
plant seeds using genetic enginee
plant seeds using genetic engineering.
It plans to increase its manufacturing capacity at its
plant in Katsuragi, Japan, to produce enough
cells to make 160 megawatts of electricity
by October — and to bring its total annual output to enough
cells to produce 1,000 megawatts
by 2010
by building another factory in Sakai, Japan.
To solve this mystery, the researchers examined the susceptibility of the variant SRY to destruction
by the «proteasome,» a universal molecular machine in the
cells of animals and
plants that destroys proteins.
Now a research team led
by Sean Cutler, a
plant cell biologist at the University of California, Riverside, has found a new drought - protecting chemical that shows high potential for becoming a powerful tool for crop protection in the new world of extreme weather.
In a similar manner to animals, a zygote (child) is generated upon fertilization of the mother's egg
cell by a father's sperm
cell in
plants.