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

For the first time, scientists have created animal cells that can harness sunlight for energy—a feat once thought ...

Many experts believed it couldn't be done, but researchers in Japan have successfully introduced chloroplasts into hamster ...

Researchers had given up on achieving photosynthesis in animals, Professor Sachihiro Matsunaga told Newsweek, but that didn't ...

Scientists have uncovered genetic variation in the unexplored DNA of the photosynthetic and energy factories of Arabidopsis plants, which plays a ...

In a new study led by the University of Tokyo, the team inserted chloroplasts into animal cells, and found that they continued to perform photosynthetic functions for at least two days.

After a decade of unsuccessful attempts, research in this field was abandoned, and it became widely accepted that chloroplasts could not function within animal cells. Matsunaga’s team took two major ...

Learn more about eLife assessments Plants distribute many nutrients to chloroplasts during leaf development and maturation. When leaves senesce or experience sugar starvation, the autophagy machinery ...

Scientists from the University of Tokyo have successfully engineered animal cells capable of photosynthesis. The team used ...

Most plants (as well as algae) use chloroplasts to harness the energy ... they are unlikely to be able to function in the relatively hot environment of an animal cell, where temperatures are ...