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The purpose of Stem Cell Reviews and Reports is to cover contemporary and emerging areas in stem cell research and regenerative medicine. The journal will consider for publication:
i) solicited or unsolicited reviews of topical areas of stem cell biology that highlight, critique and synthesize recent important findings in the field
ii) full length and short reports presenting original experimental work
iii) translational stem cell studies describing results of clinical trials using stem cells as therapeutics
iv) papers focused on diseases of stem cells
v) hypothesis and commentary articles as opinion-based pieces in which authors can propose a new theory, interpretation of a controversial area in stem cell biology, or a stem cell biology question or paradigm. These articles contain more speculation than reviews, but they should be based on solid rationale.
vi) protocols as peer-reviewed procedures that provide step-by-step descriptions, outlined in sufficient detail, so that both experts and novices can apply them to their own research
vii) letters to the editor and correspondence.
For more detailed information including article length, online submission and more please visit our web page.
In order to facilitate this exchange of scientific information and exciting novel ideas, the journal has created five thematic sections, focusing on:
i) the role of adult stem cells in tissue regeneration,
ii) progress in research on induced pluripotent stem cells, embryonic stem cells and mechanism governing embryogenesis and tissue development,
iii) the role of microenvironment and extracellular microvesicles in directing the fate of stem cells
iv) mechanisms of stem cell trafficking, stem cell mobilization and homing with special emphasis on hematopoiesis
v) the role of stem cells in aging processes and cancerogenesis.
Stem Cell Reviews and Reports now publishes six issues a year and will be open to new discoveries and challenging ideas. We encourage you to submit your best work so that, if accepted, it will become an immediate and important contribution to the worldwide scientific community.

Editor-in-Chief
Mariusz Z. Ratajczak, M.D., Ph.D., University of Louisville



Section Editor – Microenvironment and extracellular microvesicles
Prof. Giovanni Camussi – University of Torino, Italy
giovanni.camussi@unito.it

Section Editor – Cell trafficking, stem cell mobilization and homing, and hematopoiesis
Prof. Lou Pelus – University of Indianapolis, USA
lpelus@iupui.edu

Section Editor – Cancerogenesis, stem cells in aging
Prof. Zbigniew Darzynkiewicz - New York College of Medicine, USA
Z_Darzynkiewicz@NYMC.edu

Section Editor – Adult stem cells, tissue regeneration
Prof. Edward Scott – University of Florida, USA
escott@ufl.edu

Section Editor – Induced pluripotent stem cells, embryonic stem cells and development
Prof. Henning Ulrich – University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
henning@iq.usp.br

Section Editor – Regenerative medicine
Prof. Tiziana Brevini - University of Milan, Italy
tiziana.brevini@unimi.it


Editorial Board
Ahmed Abdel-Latif, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Kentucky, USA
abdel-latif@uky.edu

Deepa Bhartiya, Ph.D.
National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health, India
bhartiyad@nirrh.res.in

Alexander Birbrair
Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
birbrair@icb.ufmg.br

Cesario Borlongan Ph.D.
University of South Florida, USA
cborlong@health.usf.edu

Hal Broxmeyer M.D.
Indiana University, USA
hbroxmey@iupui.edu

Murat Elcin, Ph.D.
Ankara University, Turkey
elcinmurat@gmail.com

Jonathan Hoggatt, Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School, USA
hoggatt.jonathan@mgh.harvard.edu

Sham Kakar, Ph.D.
University of Louisville, USA
sskaka01@louisville.edu

Magdalena Kucia, Ph.D, DSci
University of Louisville, USA
mjkuci01@louisville.edu

Yupo Ma, M.D.
Stony Brooke Medical College, USA
yupo.ma@stonybrookmedicine.edu

Nadim Mahmud, MD, PhD
University of Illinois College of Medicine, USA
nadim@uic.edu

Krzysztof Marycz, PhD, DSci
Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany
Environmental and Life Science University Wroclaw, Poland
krzysztofmarycz@interia.pl

Dong Myung Shin, Ph.D.
University of Ulsan College of Medicine, South Korea
d0shin03@amc.seoul.kr

David T. Scadden, M.D.
Harvard University, USA
scadden.david@mgh.harvard.edu

David M. Smadja, Ph.D.
University Paris Descartes, Sorbonne, France
david.smadja@aphp.fr

Yuzhen Yan, Ph.D.
Fudan University, Shanghai, China
yztan@shmu.edu.cn

Irma Virant-Klun, M.D.
University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia
irma.virant@kclj.si

Mayana Zatz, Ph.D.
University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
mayazatz@usp.br

Past Editors
Stewart Sell
Kursad Turksen