PRESS RELEASE FROM NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
14 September 2009

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Nature Publishing Group (NPG) and the "Associazione Differenziamento e Morte Cellulare" (ADMC) today announce a new open access journal, Cell Death & Disease. Launching in January 2010, Cell Death & Disease will explore the area of cell death from a translational medicine perspective. The journal is now accepting submissions (more information is available at www.nature.com/cddis).

Cell Death & Disease is a sister journal to the well-established and highly respected journal Cell Death & Differentiation (2008 impact factor 7.548)*. Together, the two journals provide a unified forum for scientists, clinicians and members of the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry.

Cell Death & Disease is devoted to the biology of cell death in the pathogenesis of human diseases or relevant animal models. The journal aims to publish papers that present novel observations in the field of cell death, with pathophysiological or medical implications. Particular emphasis will be given to clinical, translational and applied research through its five sections: Experimental Medicine, Cancer, Immunity, Internal Medicine and Neuroscience.

Cell Death & Disease will be online only and will make all content freely available to all researchers worldwide. An article-processing charge of £2,000 / $3,000 / €2,400 will be levied per article accepted for publication.

The editorial team is led by three editors, Gerry Melino, Guido Kroemer and Pierluigi Nicotera, and will include a highly respected international editorial board.

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* Journal Citation Reports, Thomson Reuters, 2009

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