We have looked at seeds and roots of plants, and now we are going to study the stems. Plant stems are defined as the axis, or the center portion of the plant, connecting the roots to the branches, ...

A professor of plant molecular biology wants people to know that plants have stem cells too. Just like in the medical world, plant stem cells could support human growth and development when used to ...

Scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory have cracked open the secrets of plant stem cells, mapping key genetic regulators in maize and Arabidopsis. By using single-cell RNA sequencing, they ...

I think back to when I started writing these columns. They served a dual purpose: providing readers with a notion of what to do in the yard and when to do it as well as serving as letters to my father ...

Stem cell research is a hot topic. With applications for a host of human medical advancements, researchers have been working with animal and human stem cells for years. But animals aren’t the only ...