Plant STEM CELLS  

It's a simple procedure cut off a short stem and sticks it in some compost. Several weeks later you should have a small but perfectly formed new plant.
The property of plants to grow root cells and leaf cells from other mature tissues has long fascinated researchers.



Plants have regenerative property because they maintain populations of stem cells in their tissues permanently. These stem cells have the magic ability to divide and give rise to all the specialized cells and tissues of the plant. A plant has stored the most precious stem cells which serves for its further duplication in its buds and roots. The uppermost cells of the root and shoot apical meristems are considered as stem cells. They are similar, in many features, to the stem cells of animals. But, unlike animals, the stem cells can repeatedly arise in plants during morphogenesis and regeneration or in tissue culture from actively dividing or differentiated cells. When the stem cells are removed, they can be repeatedly restored from the actively dividing cells. The maintenance of the population of stem cells is determined by interaction between the stem cells and actively dividing cells located below according to the feedback principle.
"Of course there are differences between plants and animals, but there are underlying evolutionary features which are common," Prof Bhalla said.
"Basically, they all do the same functions - they maintain a pool of cells which can make new organisms or new parts of the same organism. "If we can understand that commonality, then we can apply that knowledge to animal and human systems."

Gemmotherapy (Plant Stem Cell Therapy)

was developed in Europe.Originally introduced in France, they have been developed clinically since 1965 mostly by Pol Henry and Max Tetau.

Gemmotherapeutic remedies are prepared from fresh buds and young shoots or rootlets of plants or any embryonic tissues in the growth phase. They are rich in growth factors, such as vitamins, hormones, auxins and gibberellins, anthocyanins and essential minerals and trace elements. They are, therefore, potentially, very effective remedies.

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