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Understanding disease' Aims and ScopeThe Journal of Pathology aims to serve as a translational bridge between basic biomedical science and clinical medicine with particular emphasis on, but not restricted to, tissue-based studies.The main interests of the Journal lie in publishing studies that further our understanding of the pathophysiological and pathogenetic mechanisms of human disease.The Journal welcomes investigative studies on human tissues, in vitro and in vivo experimental studies, and investigations based on animal models with a clear relevance to human disease, including transgenic systems.In general, hypothesis-driven studies that appropriately employ multiple investigative techniques are preferred over those that rely on a single methodology.Studies that bring pathological, biological and or clinical sense to genomic discoveries are particularly welcomed.As well as original research papers, the Journal seeks to provide rapid publication in a variety of other formats, including editorials, review articles, commentaries, and perspectives, and other features, both contributed and solicited.Purely descriptive papers, including those on diagnostic pathology (including case reports and prognostic papers without mechanistic and experimental insights) are not considered central to the Journal's purpose.Correspondence relating to papers published in the Journal will be considered, but only if of general interest.Such correspondence may be published in online versions only, at the Editor's discretion.In determining content, the primary considerations are excellence, relevance, and novelty.As a journal of The Pathological Society, it seeks to reflect the broad scientific interests of the Society's membership but its ethos, authorship, content, and purpose are those expected of a leading publication in the international scientific literature.