Plant hormones, also known as phytohormones, are chemicals that regulate plant cell processes. They are signal molecules produced within the plant functioning in extremely low concentrations.

Now, researchers led by Xiaoqi Feng at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) have demonstrated that this marker—N4-methylcytosine (4mC)—is essential for sperm development and ...

The group of Xiaoqi Feng at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) uses this unique plant as a model to ... is a form of immunity in bacteria, camouflaging their genome from ...

A relative of mosses, the liverwort Marchantia is one of the oldest existing plant forms and probably ... is a form of immunity in bacteria, camouflaging their genome from enzymes that degrade ...

Female hormones can suppress pain by making immune cells near the spinal cord produce opioids, a new study from researchers at UC San Francisco has found. This stops pain signals before they get to ...

In a breakthrough finding, researchers have discovered that immune cells near the spinal ... The team doesn't quite understand how the female hormones trigger the release of the painkiller and ...

Lack of sleep doesn’t just leave you feeling groggy—it directly weakens your immune system and increases stress hormone levels, making you more susceptible to both illness and anxiety.

Dr Sugrue said: “Even in healthy people, immune responses can vary dramatically. As a first step towards understanding how hormones impact immunity, we worked to understand how hormones ...

Abscisic acid (ABA), a key environmental response hormone, strongly inhibits seed ... LIKE PROTEIN8 in Arabidopsis seed germination, The Plant Cell (2025). DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koaf046 ...