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Extracellular vesicles: biogenesis, function and clinical translation
Extracellular vesicles are emerging as versatile, biocompatible nanoscale carriers, and this Collection seeks research advancing their biology, engineering, and clinical translation for diagnostics, drug delivery, and therapeutics.
Synthetic biomolecular condensates
Synthetic biomolecular condensates are an emerging, highly programmable class of phase‑separated materials, and this Collection seeks research advancing their design, mechanisms, and applications across chemistry, biophysics, biology, and bioengineering.
Immune cell plasticity
Immune cell plasticity enables the immune system to adapt to shifting signals and tissue demands, and this Collection seeks work uncovering the molecular, cellular, and environmental factors that shape these state transitions across health, disease, and aging.
Haemoglobinopathies
Haemoglobinopathies are among the world’s most common inherited blood disorders, and this Collection seeks original research that advances molecular genetics, clinical understanding, and public‑health strategies to improve diagnosis and develop targeted therapies for conditions such as Sickle Cell Disease and thalassaemias.
Neuroplasticity in stroke and brain injury recovery
Neuroplasticity after stroke or traumatic brain injury involves complex mechanisms of neural reorganization, and this Collection seeks original research defining the markers, modulators, and interventions—including rehabilitation, neurostimulation, pharmacological and technology‑assisted therapies—that shape recovery across diverse patient‑specific contexts.
Host–retrovirus interactions and immune control
Host–retrovirus interactions determine whether infection is controlled or persistent, and this Collection seeks original research defining the molecular, cellular, immune, and genetic mechanisms that shape recognition, restriction, tolerance, and viral escape across diverse retroviruses and host species.
Neuromuscular plasticity in health and disease
Neuromuscular plasticity reflects how muscles, motor neurons, and neuromuscular junctions adapt to physiological change, ageing, injury, or disease, and this Collection seeks original research defining the molecular, cellular, and systems‑level mechanisms—such as synaptic remodelling, motor‑unit reorganisation, muscle‑fibre transitions, and neural compensation—that govern these adaptive processes.
Bacteria-cancer interaction: from mechanism to therapy
Bacteria–cancer crosstalk is complex and therapeutically promising, and this Collection seeks fundamental through clinical research that clarifies bacteria–tumour mechanisms and advances bacteria‑mediated cancer immunotherapies while addressing challenges such as low‑biomass tumour microbiomes, intratumoral heterogeneity, adverse effects, dosing, and translational barriers.
Circadian rhythms: mechanism, behavior, chronomedicine
Circadian rhythms coordinate molecular, physiological, and behavioural timing, and this Collection seeks innovative research that advances mechanistic understanding, behavioural insights, and chronomedicine approaches for disease prevention, management, and therapy.