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Japan creates world's first planimal hybrid cells
Japanese scientists fuse algae with animal cells to make oxygen-producing planimal cells.
In brief
Japanese scientists fuse algae with animal cells to make oxygen-producing planimal cells. Japan's team created the world's first plant-animal hybrid cells that can produce oxygen through photosynthesis. Originally reported by The Japan Times.
Japan team creates planimal cells
Japanese scientists created the world's first plant-animal hybrid cells by fusing cyanidioschyzon merolae with animal cells.
Planimal cells function as animal cells
The hybrid cells functioned as animal cells because cyanidioschyzon merolae's dna was suppressed and chloroplasts were degraded during fusion.
Professor Matsunaga explains planimal cells
University of Tokyo professor sachihiro matsunaga hopes to activate cyanidioschyzon merolae genes to generate oxygen through photosynthesis.
“We hope to introduce chloroplasts and activate c. merolae genes to generate oxygen through photosynthesis”
Planimal cells published in nature communications
The team's findings were published in the international journal nature communications.
Matsunaga's 2018 planimal research
Professor matsunaga has been working on planimal cells since proposing the hybrid in 2018.
Planimal cells for drug and meat production
If cells producing animal and plant proteins can be cultured using photosynthesis, they could provide new drug and cultured meat production methods.
Planimal cells survive 150 generations
The planimal cells continued to divide and multiply for more than 150 generations after dna integration.
The bottom line
Japan's team created the world's first plant-animal hybrid cells that can produce oxygen through photosynthesis.
