Focuses and supplements
Nature Cell Biology periodically publishes special supplements and focuses on timely topics of particular interest to cell biologists. This page provides an index of the different supplements and focuses that we have released over the past few years.
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2007

Focus on Development and Disease -
With six specially-commissioned articles, the Focus on Development and Disease highlights how developmental pathways gone awry can cause disease. This focus is published in the September 2007 issue.
September Vol. 9, No. 9
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2006

Systems Biology: a User's Guide -
Nature Cell Biology and Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology have joined forces to present this collection of reviews and commentaries, designed as highly accessible and practical guides to some of the most important approaches and challenges in systems biology. This user's guide also contains lists of glossary terms, further reading and systems biology research institutions, as well as a library of related articles across the Nature titles.
November Vol. 8, No. 11
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2005

Milestones in Gene Expression -
Nature, Nature Cell Biology, Nature Genetics, Nature Reviews Genetics, Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology and Nature Structural & Molecular Biology have collaborated to bring you Milestones in Gene Expression, highlighting the most influential discoveries in the field of transcription and chromatin over the past 50 years.

Focus on the ubiquitin-proteasome system -
Six specially commissioned articles highlight emerging aspects of ubiquitin-proteasome biology. This focus is from the August 2005 issue.
August Vol. 7, No. 8
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2004

Monoclonal antibodies and therapies -
Nature Biotechnology, Nature Medicine and Nature Cell Biology present a joint supplement on monoclonal antibodies and therapies. The focus is on basic, technological and clinical aspects of their use, across fields that range from transplantation tolerance to colon cancer.
November Vol. 6, S1

Focus on cell biology of disease -
November Vol. 6, No. 11

Milestones in development -
Nature, Nature Cell Biology, Nature Reviews Neuroscience, Nature Reviews Genetics and Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology have collaborated to bring you Milestones in Development, highlighting the key discoveries in developmental biology over the past 100 years.
July Vol. 6, S1


Nature Cell Biology has turned five -
We have assembled a collection of striking papers from our pages across the years, representing many of the subject areas covered by the journal.
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2003

Imaging in cell biology -
Nature Cell Biology and Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology are pleased to present a joint supplement on imaging in cell biology. The specially commissioned articles focus on key advances in imaging techniques, which allow us to follow cell-biological events ranging from the dynamics of single molecules in living cells to the development of whole organisms.
September Vol. 5, S1

Focus on cell polarity -
April Vol. 5, No. 4
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2002

Fertility -
Nature Cell Biology and Nature Medicine present this joint supplement on fertility. We have brought together the cellular, biological, medical and ethical aspects of fertility, and the result is a comprehensive perspective of current developments in the field.
October Vol. 4, S1

Focus on apoptosis -
June Vol. 4, No. 6

Focus on signalling and adhesion -
April Vol. 4, No. 4
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2001

Milestones in cell division -
The 'milestones in cell division' project is a collaborative effort from four journals - Nature, Nature Cell Biology, Nature Reviews Cancer and Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology where we celebrate the past 100 years of research in the field of cell division, with 23 'milestones' describing some of the seminal discoveries and placing them in the context of what was known at the time.
December Vol. 3, S1

Focus on development -
July Vol. 3, No. 7

Focus on cell division -
January Vol. 3, No. 1
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2000

Focus on cytoskeleton -
January Vol. 2, No. 1
