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Antioxidant Effects of Bioactive Compounds submission deadline 5 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 63 | Submission Open
Keywords: bioactive compounds; polyphenols; oxidative stress; chronic diseases; nutraceuticals
Advances in Cold Therapies: Novel Physical Approaches for Musculoskeletal Repair–Molecular Insights
edited by Fackson Mwale
submission deadline 6 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 19 | Submission Open
Keywords: cold therapy; cryotherapy; cryoablation; musculoskeletal repair; inflammation modulation; regenerative medicine; extracellular matrix; cold shock proteins; tissue regeneration; physical therapy
Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Exosomes in Tissue Repair and Regeneration submission deadline 11 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 54 | Submission Open
Keywords: MSC; vesicles; exosomes; tissue repair and regeneration
CD5 and CD6 Immunobiology: Multitask Immunomodulatory Molecules in Infection, Cancer and Autoimmunity
edited by Lozano Francisco and María Velasco-de Andrés
submission deadline 13 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 12 | Submission Open
Keywords: CD5; CD6; T cells; B1a cells; NK cells; immunomodulation; infection; cancer; autoimmunity; immunotherapy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biological Factors)
Advances in Various Roles of High-Density Lipoproteins
edited by
submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 13 | Submission Open
Keywords: atherosclerosis; high-density lipoprotein (HDL); HDL functions; apolipoproteins; lipid and glucose metabolism
(This special issue belongs to the Section Lipids)
Targeting Protein Misfolding: From Alzheimer's Amyloids to Therapeutic Peptides submission deadline 16 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 11 | Submission Open
Keywords: amyloidogenesis; amyloidosis; amyloid fibrils; dissolution of amyloid fibrils; beta-sheet breakers; peptide inhibitors; small molecule inhibitors
Evolutionary Genomics of Bacterial Endosymbionts: From Mutualism to Parasitism
edited by
submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 25 | Submission Open
Keywords: host– symbiont coevolution; metabolic pathways; horizontal DNA transfer; phylogenetics
Molecular Mechanisms of Traumatic Brain Injury
edited by Xiang Gao
submission deadline 22 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 60 | Submission Open
Keywords: traumatic brain injury; cell death; neural degeneration/regeneration; genetic modification; neuroprotection
Role of Oxidative Stress in Vascular Diseases submission deadline 26 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 27 | Submission Open
Keywords: oxidative stress; vascular disease; endothelial dysfunction; NADPH oxidase/NOX2; platelet activation; autophagy; gut microbiota; inflammation; reactive oxygen species (ROS); cardiovascular risk
Molecular Advances in Wound Healing and Skin Regeneration
edited by and Muhammad Shafiq
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 10541 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial dressings; electrospun fiber-based wound dressings; artificial skin equivalents; wound healing; instructive biomaterials for in situ skin repair; microneedles for skin therapy; drug delivery systems for wound healing; cell-free approaches for skin repair; stem cell therapy for wound healing; scarless skin repair
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biological Factors)
Innovative Biomolecular Structure Analysis Techniques
edited by Tzanko I. Doukov
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4673 | Submission Open
Keywords: macromolecular crystallography; room temperature crystallography; protein ensembles; NMR; MD simulations
(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Biophysics: Structure, Dynamics, and Function)
Novel Molecules for Cancer Treatment (3rd Edition) submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3060 | Submission Open
Keywords: cancer; small molecules; antibody-drug-conjugated; tyrosine kinase inhibitors; target therapy; monoclonal antibodies; immunotherapy; natural compounds
(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural and Bio-derived Molecules)
Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms in Anti-Thrombosis submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2057 | Submission Open
Keywords: platelet activation and thrombosis; neuroprotection; antithrombotic mechanisms
(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Medicine)
Chronic Heart Failure: From Molecular Mechanisms to Therapies Strategies submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1891 | Submission Open
Keywords: chronic heart failure; pathophysiology; comorbidities; new therapies; molecular pathways
(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Medicine)
Biomarkers and Molecular Basis of Psychiatry
edited by
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1687 | Submission Open
Keywords: mental health; bipolar disorders; mood; anxiety; psychosis; schizophrenia; biomarkers
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biological Factors)
Novel Drug Targets and RNA Epigenetics in Cancer Therapy
edited by Manjeet K. Rao
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 176 | Submission Open
Keywords: RNA modifications; cancer epigenetics; novel drug targets; RNA therapeutics; tumorigenesis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Biology)
Unveiling Protein Functions, Dynamics and Interactions in Health and Disease Using Experimental and Theoretical Approaches, 2nd Edition
edited by Alice Romagnoli, and
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 81 | Submission Open
Keywords: protein structure and dynamics; protein– protein interactions; point mutations; molecular biology; molecular modeling; molecular dynamics; biochemistry; bioinformatics; protein– ligand interaction; protein– nucleic acid interaction; protein conformational changes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Biology)
Polyphosphate (PolyP) in Health and Disease
edited by
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 30 | Submission Open
Keywords: polyphosphate; polyP; biomarker and therapeutic target
(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural and Bio-derived Molecules)
Novel Insights and Applications of Pluripotent Stem Cells
edited by and Ben Rollo
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 25 | Submission Open
Keywords: pluripotent stem cells; pluripotency; differentiation; stem cell transplant; regenerative medicine; disease modeling; organoids; therapeutic screening; cell therapies; drug discovery
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cellular Biochemistry)
Advances in Drosophila Models for Amyloid and Neurodegenerative Diseases
edited by Ann Christin Brorsson
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 15 | Submission Open
Keywords: neurodegeneration; protein aggregation; amyloid structures; neurotoxicity; Drosophila melanogaster; model organism
Studies of Protein Dynamics, Interactions, and Concentration by Fluorescence Fluctuation Correlation Spectroscopy (FFCS)
edited by Jieqiong Lou and Elvis Pandžić
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 15 | Submission Open
Keywords: fluorescence fluctuation correlation spectroscopy (FFCS); fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS); image correlation spectroscopy (ICS); pair correlation function (pCF) analysis; line-scan correlation; protein dynamics; molecular diffusion; molecular flow; confinement dynamics; protein– protein interactions; membrane organization; intracellular transport; molecular crowding; spatiotemporal fluctuations; concentration heterogeneity; live-cell imaging; single-molecule analysis; quantitative fluorescence microscopy; biophysics; super-resolution fluctuation analysis
Advances in the Pathology of Prostate Cancer: 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 14 | Submission Open
Keywords: prostate cancer; molecular pathology; biomarker; chemoprevention; therapy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Biology)
Exploring Thermophilic Enzymes: From Structural Foundations to Functional Enhancement
edited by
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 7 | Submission Open
Keywords: thermostable enzymes; structural biology; protein engineering; functional enhancement; industrial applications; thermal stability mechanisms; biotechnology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Enzymology)
Modern Studies of Nucleic Acid Dynamics
edited by
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Submission Open
Keywords: nucleic acid dynamics; DNA; RNA; nucleic acid energetics; dynamics of biomolecular recognition; timescales and magnitudes of dynamics
Functional Analysis of Genes Related to DNA Damage
edited by Ryan P. Barnes and Amy M. Whitaker
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Submission Open
Keywords: DNA damage; DNA repair; genome stability; DNA replication stress
(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Biology)
Novel Antimicrobial Strategies for Animal Health submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3882 | Submission Open
Keywords: antimicrobial alternatives; antimicrobial resistance; animal health; infectious disease
(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Medicine)
New Discoveries in the Field of Neuropharmacology
edited by and Bogdan Amuzescu
submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1979 | Submission Open
Keywords: neurologic and psychiatric diseases pharmacology; in silico drug screening; in vitro pharmacology assays; animal models; neuropharmacogenomics; drug safety; blood brain barrier; electrophysiology; patch-clamp
(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Medicine)
Light as a Tool to Manipulate the Structure and Function of Membranes and Membrane Proteins
edited by
submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 743 | Submission Open
Keywords: photopharmacology; optogenetics; membrane transport; light-gated channels; photoswitchable lipids
(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Biology)
Fibrinogen and Fibrin in Human Diseases
edited by
submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 168 | Submission Open
Keywords: fibrinogen; fibrin; inflammation; cardiovascular; neurological; endothelium; thrombosis; hemostasis; fibrosis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Biology)
Protein Arginine Methylation: Functions, Mechanisms, and Therapeutic Implications
edited by Yanzhong Yang
submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 75 | Submission Open
Keywords: protein arginine methyltransferases; transcription; RNA splicing; signaling transduction; DNA repair; cancer; development; small molecule inhibitor
(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Genetics)
Advanced Therapeutic Strategies for Hormone-Dependent Cancers submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 51 | Submission Open
Keywords: hormone-dependent cancers; endocrine therapy resistance; targeted therapy; combination treatment strategies; cancer biomarkers
Unraveling the Complexity of Autoimmune and Autoinflammatory Skin Diseases: From Molecular Pathways to Targeted Therapies submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 44 | Submission Open
Keywords: autoimmune/autoinflammatory skin diseases; omics; bioinformatics; pathogenesis; tailored medicine
(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Genetics)
Molecular Chaperones in Neurodegenerative Diseases: Mechanistic Role and Therapeutic Potential
edited by Umesh Kumar Jinwal
submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 42 | Submission Open
Keywords: molecular chaperones; neurodegenerative diseases; Hsp90; Hsp70; Alzheimer's Disease; Parkinson’ s Disease; Huntington's disease; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Biophysics: Structure, Dynamics, and Function)
Nutritional Immunity and Inflammation: Decoding Mechanisms for Therapeutic Advancement submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 21 | Submission Open
Keywords: nutritional deficiencies; antioxidants; minerals; vitamins; mucosal block; cross feeding; microbes; inflammation; tolerance
Advances in Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) and Mimetics submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 16 | Submission Open
Keywords: glycosaminoglycans (GAGs); hyaluronan; heparin; chondroitin sulfate; keratan sulfate; dermatan sulfate; sulfation; GAG mimetics; GAG-binding proteins
(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Biology)
Advances in Antimicrobial Peptides (AMPs)
edited by
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 9 | Submission Open
Keywords: antimicrobial peptides (AMPs); host defense peptides (HDPs); peptidomimetics; antimicrobial resistance (AMR); membrane interaction; cryptides; immunomodulation; peptide design and synthesis; biofilm inhibition; drug delivery systems
Glycomics in Health, Aging and Disease
edited by
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 5 | Submission Open
Keywords: glycome; glycobiology; glycochemistry; glycans; glycoconjugates
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cellular Biochemistry)
Bench and Bedside: Molecular Insights and Neuroprotective Strategies for Stroke
edited by
submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 258 | Submission Open
Keywords: neuroprotection; neurorehabilitation; conditioning medicine; ischemia and reperfusion injury; cerebral hemor-rhages; stress; vascular diseases
(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Medicine)
Molecular Basis and Translational Research in Metabolic Myopathies: A Themed Issue in Honor of Professor Corrado Angelini, 2nd Edition submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 71 | Submission Open
Keywords: metabolic myopathies; lipid metabolism; glycogen metabolism; genetic diseases; treatments; lipid storage myopathies; glycogen storage myopathies; lysosomal storage myopathies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Biology)
Molecular Pathways Controlling Platelet and Megakaryocyte Activity
edited by Ana Kasirer-Friede and Deepa Gautam
submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 59 | Submission Open
Keywords: platelet; megakaryocyte; signaling; omics; immune
(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Biology)
Protein Biophysics submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 25 | Submission Open
Keywords: protein function; protein folding; protein misfolding; protein structure; protein dynamics; protein stability; protein and peptide aggregation; posttranslational modifications; intrinsically disordered proteins; protein– ligand interactions; protein– protein interactions; protein– nucleic acid interactions; membrane proteins; liquid– liquid phase separation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Biophysics: Structure, Dynamics, and Function)
Advances in Membrane Proteins: From Structure to Function and Molecular Engineering
edited by and Renhong Yan
submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 3 | Submission Open
Keywords: membrane transport; transmembrane signaling; membrane protein complex; membrane-based reactions; membrane and protein interaction; regulation of membrane proteins; membrane protein design; membrane protein engineering
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomacromolecules: Proteins, Nucleic Acids and Carbohydrates)
Advances in Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry: From Molecular to Pre-Clinical Insights submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 934 | Submission Open
Keywords: metabolomics; drug discovery; phytopharmacology; medicinal plants
(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural and Bio-derived Molecules)
Molecular Pathology, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics of Lung Disease
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 63 | Submission Open
Keywords: pulmonary diseases; diagnostics; therapeutics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Molecular Medicine)
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