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OUR SCIENTIFIC SCOPE

Across disciplines.
With health at the centre.

We welcome work that connects sound methods with important biological, clinical and translational questions.

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Medicine
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Clinical research, therapeutics, surgical innovation and public health.

  • Clinical research
  • Surgical innovation
  • Therapeutics
  • Public health
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Biotechnology
& life sciences

Molecular mechanisms, bioengineering and translational discovery.

  • Genomics
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  • Drug discovery
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AI &
computational science

Reproducible models, biomedical data and clinical decision support.

  • Biomedical AI
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  • Diagnostic models
  • Health informatics
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discovery

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  • Medical devices
  • Health engineering
  • Chemical biology
  • Validated methods
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EDITORIAL COMMUNITY

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