| MHR Instructions to Authors Submission of Manuscripts Manuscripts must be submitted electronically as email attachments, at the following address: MHR@journal-MHR.com Humane use of experimental animals All animal experimentation described in the submitted manuscript must be conducted in accord with accepted standards of humane animal care, as outlined in the Ethical Guidelines, should be included in the manuscript. Ethical principles for medical research involving human subjects All studies that involve human subjects must abide by the rules of the appropriate Internal Review Board and the tenets of the (recently revised) Helsinki protocol (http://www.wma.net/e/policy/b3.htm). Furthermore, all published studies that involve human subjects should not mention subjects' identifying information (e.g., initials) unless the information is essential for scientific purposes and the patient (or parent or guardian) gives written informed consent for publication. See the "Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals" at http://www.icmje.org/index. html for further discussion. Guidelines for stem cell research Research with embryonic stem cells should adhere to the guidelines established by the National Academy of Sciences, as published in the National Academy Press, at http://nap.edu/books/0309096537/html. Organization of the Manuscript Manuscripts must be written in English using size-12 Times Romans font, and double spaced throughout, including references, tables, and figure legends, with at least 1 inch (25 mm) margins. The manuscript should be divided as: title page, abstract, main text, acknowledgements (if any), and the reference list. Title page: This page should contain the title, authors’ names, institutional affiliation, corresponding author, etc. Abstract: The abstract (<250 words) should concisely present the hypothesis being tested, general methods, results, and conclusions. Key Words: Authors must supply 3 to 8 key words along with their manuscript. Main Text: The main text should begin on a separate page and it may be subdivided into separate sections. The reference numbers should be given in square brackets in the text. Acknowledgements: Acknowledgements should be kept to a minimum. References: All references must be numbered in the text in square brackets, e.g., [4], or [7,8,10,15-17], in order of citation in the text. Titles of journals are abbreviated according to Chemical Abstract Service Source Index. Unpublished data and personal communications (which can be only included if permission is obtained) should not be given in the reference list. Some examples of reference style are provided below: [1] Sherman ML, Shafman TD and Kufe DW [1998] Modulation of cyclic AMP levels and differentiation by adenosine analogs in mouse erythroleukemia cells. J Cell Physiol 134: 429-436. (Please do not use upper case for listing the author names). [2] Gilmore ML, Rouse ST, Heilman CJ, Nash, NR and Levey AI [1998] Receptor fusion proteins and analysis. In: Ariano MA (Editor), Receptor Localization. New York: Wiley-Liss, pp. 75-90. [3] Voet D and Voet JG [1990] Biochemistry: Textbook for students. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, pp. 1223-1250. Tables: Each table should have a title. Figures: Figures should be referred to as "Fig. 1" in the text within round brackets. Each figure should be accompanied by a figure legend that briefly describes the important features of the figure. Structures: The chemical structures must be prepared using the ChemDraw software. |