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Using Photosynthesis Inside Animal Cell Is No Longer Science Fiction

2026-06-18 Science & Technology
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Support this channel on Patreon to help me make this a full time job: https://www.patreon.com/whatdamath (Unreleased videos, extra footage, DMs, no ads) Alternatively, PayPal donations can be sent here: http://paypal.me/whatdamath Get a Wonderful Person Tee: https://teespring.com/stores/whatdamath More cool designs are on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3QFIrFX Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about the use of photosynthesis inside animal cells Links: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/pjab/100/9/100_pjab.100.035/_pdf/-char/en https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0092867426004691 #biotechnology #photosynthesis #cellularbiology 0:00 Can animals harness the sun? 1:05 Photosynthetic sea slug 2:45 Why animal cells don't accept chloroplasts 3:45 New study inserted chloroplasts into hamster's cells 6:10 So why even do this? Photosynthetic therapy 9:50 Conclusions and where we are with this right now Enjoy and please subscribe Bitcoin/Ethereum to spare? Donate them here to help this channel grow! bc1qnkl3nk0zt7w0xzrgur9pnkcduj7a3xxllcn7d4 or ETH: 0x60f088B10b03115405d313f964BeA93eF0Bd3DbF The hardware used to record these videos: New Camera: https://amzn.to/4pCVINS CPU: https://amzn.to/4qXIaxC Video Card: https://amzn.to/2M1W26C Motherboard: https://amzn.to/2JYGiQQ RAM: https://amzn.to/2Mwy2t4 PSU: https://amzn.to/2LZcrIH Case: https://amzn.to/2MwJZz4 Microphone: https://amzn.to/2t5jTv0 Mixer: https://amzn.to/2JOL0oF Recording and Editing: https://amzn.to/2LX6uvU Some of the above are affiliate links, meaning I would get a (very small) percentage of the price paid. Thank you to all Patreon supporters of this channel Special thanks also goes to all the wonderful supporters of the channel through YouTube Memberships Credit: Mark Garlick www.markgarlick.com Karen N. Pelletreau et al. - http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0097477 millerse - http://opisthobranchia.myspecies.info/gallery?f[0]=im_field_cc_licence%3A2 CC BY 3.0 Smithsonian Environmental Research Center CC BY 2.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elysia_chlorotica_0176_%2835425743063%29.jpg NEON_ja CC BY SA 3.0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanidioschyzon#/media/File:Cyanidioschyzon_merolae_10D.jpg Licenses used: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ and relevant Creative Commons licenses

Top Comments (10)

@Tankayou-r3g 2026-06-18

So we can be actual lichen, so cool. We already have fungi and bacteria on us as well as other microorganisms.

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@wayneharrison 2026-06-18

There's a solar powered Jellyfish (Cassiopea) that has a similar adaptation. ☀=D

84 14 replies
@josephmartin1540 2026-06-17

I am Groot!

65 9 replies
@PikkuKani 2026-06-19

My favorite sea slug that uses photosynthesis is named the "leaf sheep" (Costasiella kuroshimae). It's so unbelievably cute it literally looks like it has the face of a cute sheep with leafs on its back!

59 10 replies
@InverseTachyonPulse 2026-06-18

Green eyes could become mucho more interesting 😅

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@JasonCook-r8v 2026-06-18

They injected me with plant cells and found that I leaned towards the Sun.

52 4 replies
@HeyTCT 2026-06-19

“Why are scientists injecting plant DNA into animal cells” To make it ecofriendly

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@Mr.Mr.E 2026-06-18

Soon... "Hello wonderful plant person."

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@TheHoveHeretic 2026-06-18

I thought sloths had pretty much cracked this one already 🤔

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@rogercroft3218 2026-06-19

At last! A giant step toward creating triffids.

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