Commonly known as milkweed, Asclepias is a genus of herbaceous, perennial plants in the Apocynaceae (dogbane) plant family.

It’s tomato time for many of us living in the Coeur d’Alene region — a time when hope and optimism run high as we head to the ...

Vegetable plants are expensive. To get the best yield out of them, you need to pay attention to more than just the soil, sun, ...

After decades of hype and setbacks, scientists have made impressive progress into tricking stem cells into repairing organs.

Stem cells can produce any other cell type, it is just a matter of telling them in the right way. From a biological ...

Thetis cells, a class of immune cells first described in 2022, play an essential and previously unknown role in suppressing inflammatory responses to food, a new study finds.

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have developed a new stem cell model of the mature human amniotic sac, which ...

Not all plants can be stored in a seed bank. Cryopreservation offers an alternative, but critics question whether this form of conservation will work.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Gardeners, many of you have grown tomatoes at home and will understand my ...

Exosomes are the buzziest skin care ingredient right now, but are they effective? I spoke to dermatologists about what exosomes do for skin and how to safely use them.

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, ...

Scientists have developed a pig fat cell line that promises efficient, scalable and consistent cultivated meat production, ...