Plant stem cell

[2][failed verification] Thus they are totipotent cells equipped with regenerative powers that facilitate plant growth and production of new organs throughout lifetime.

[4] This is possible because they have a modular body plan that enables them to survive substantial damage by initiating continuous and repetitive formation of new structures and organs such as leaves and flowers.

)[5] Traditionally, plant stem cells were thought to only exist in SAM and RAM and studies were conducted based on this assumption.

"[6][failed verification] Cambium is a type of meristem with thin walls which minutely exist in small populations within a plant.

Cultured Cambial Meristematic Cells (CMC) may provide a cost-effective, environmentally friendly, and sustainable source of important natural products, including paclitaxel.

Unlike plant cultivation, this approach is not subject to the unpredictability caused by variation in climatic conditions or political instability in certain parts of the world.

Also, CMCs from reference specifies may also provide an important biological tool to explore plant stem cell function.

Due to the valuable and beneficial compounds for human health (i.e. paclitaxel) which are secreted by the CMC's, this technology is considered a serious breakthrough in plant biotechnology.