
Plants’ Photosynthetic Machinery Functions inside Hamster Cells
Transplanted chloroplasts endured two days inside animal cells—and got to work
Saugat Bolakhe is a freelance science journalist. He studied zoology as an undergraduate in Nepal and received a master’s degree from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York. His work has appeared in Scientific American, Nature, New Scientist, Quanta, Eos, Discover, Knowable and other publications.
Plants’ Photosynthetic Machinery Functions inside Hamster Cells
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