About Disease Mechanisms

When the state of an organism deviates harmfully from its normal structure and function, it is termed diseased. In humans, the most common diseases are known as Diabetes, heart disease, multiple sclerosis, and stroke amongst many others, enlarging mortality and co-morbidity rates across the world. Whilst most diseases are not currently curable, further determining their mechanisms to reduce diagnosis time, for example, would intuitively better the lives of those living with them.

This collection aims to provide Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe beneficiaries with a space to openly publish work within the broad area of disease mechanisms to improve the knowledge of medical professionals and patients.

The scope of the collection includes but is not limited to:

• Mechanisms of common and uncommon diseases
• Biomarkers
• Stem cells
• Clinical trials
• Patient-specific case studies/reports
• Current and future medical/health technologies identifying disease mechanisms

Researchers focused on disease management and treatment are encouraged to submit their articles via the dedicated collection on this theme (here). Please do discuss your submission with the editorial office if appropriate.

All article processing charges will be covered centrally by the European Commission.

Open Research Europe requires open access to research data supporting articles under the principle ‘as open as possible, as closed as necessary’. All articles should include citations to repositories that host the data underlying the results, together with any information needed to replicate, validate, and/or reuse the results/your study and analysis of the data. We recognise there may be exceptions due to ethical, data protection, or confidentiality considerations, or because the data have been obtained from a third party and access restrictions apply.