Editorial overview: Cell organelles

Membranes and organelles Editorial overview

Peter Rehling is professor and chair of biochemistry at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Göttingen and the director of the Department for Biochemistry II. His laboratory studies the biogenesis of mitochondria, in particular the molecular mechanism by which proteins are translocated across the mitochondrial membranes and how they assemble into membrane protein complexes. In all cellu...

Cell multiplication: editorial overview

Although the mechanisms and control of cellular reproduction have been studied for many years, it seems clear that the year under review has been one of the most remarkable yet in terms of the breadth and depth of the insights it has brought us. It also seems clear that this is no accident, and that we can expect more remarkable years of discovery in the near future. The reason is, of course, t...

Editorial overview.

Editorial overview

Computational analysis tools and decision support systems have increased their penetration in the support of clinical processes and management of medical data and knowledge. Applications range from adjunct tools for diagnosis and disease investigation to the treatment and monitoring of therapeutic procedures. As all medical fields, the field of oncology is affected. This special issue includes ...

Overview of the epidemiologic research: Editorial Guidelines

Epidemiology can be considered as a very old science. For example, John Graunt, a statistician, published Natural and Political Observations. In the Bills of Mortality in 1662, he analyzed the mortality rolls in London before the Great Plague, presented one of the first life tables, and reported time trends for many diseases. He provided statist...