A new technique for creating fruit and vegetables with the skin of one variety and the flesh of another could make crops more resistant to pests and droughts. A lot of the fruit and vegetables we eat ...

The field of cosmetic and dermatological research has increasingly focused on bioactive compounds derived from marine and plant sources due to their potential benefits for skin health. A study ...

They set out to explore the plant-based therapy as an alternative to synthetic and stem cell-derived skin care, which can cause adverse reactions, irritation and trigger immune responses.

This can happen because shoots develop from three distinct layers of stem cells at their tip, one of which forms the skin of the plant. By chance, shoots from a graft junction can end up with a ...