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  • Exercise and Physical Activity in Health and Disease

    With this cross-journal Collection, the editors at Nature Communications, Communications Medicine, npj Exercise Medicine and Health, and Scientific Reports invite manuscripts that highlight work exploring the mechanisms through which exercise modulates health, preclinical and clinical interventional studies as well as epidemiological and public health research.
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      Submission status: Open Deadline: 03 September 2026
    • Nanomedicine Applied in Cancer Treatment Failure

      This cross-journal collection will consider submissions of research articles that highlight advances in nanomedicine aimed at overcoming cancer treatment failure, as well as nanotechnology used to uncover the underlying biological mechanisms of such failure.
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        Submission status: Open Deadline: 03 September 2026
      • Infectious disease modelling for health policy

        With this cross-journal collection, Communications Health, and Nature Communications invite Articles describing the application of infectious disease models to timely health policy questions.
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          Submission status: Open Deadline: 28 August 2026
        • Immune mechanisms in arthritis

          This cross-journal collection welcomes original research articles spanning basic, translational, and clinical studies that explore the immune mechanisms influencing arthritis pathogenesis.
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            Submission status: Open Deadline: 07 August 2026
          • Lightweight machine learning models and edge computing applications

            With this cross-journal Collection, the editors at Communications AI & Computing and Nature Communications invite manuscripts that address the challenges and opportunities in deploying lightweight machine learning models for edge computing environments.
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              Submission status: Open Deadline: 31 July 2026
            • Host-Pathogen Interactions – Infection, Immunity and Beyond

              With this cross-journal Collection, the editors at Nature Immunology, Nature Communications, Communications Biology and Scientific Reports invite original research Articles investigating all aspects of the complex molecular interplay between pathogens and their human and/or animal hosts.
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                Submission status: Open Deadline: 30 July 2026
              • Muscle biology

                In this collection, the editors of Nature Metabolism, Communications Biology, Nature Communications, and Scientific Reports aim to highlight cutting-edge research in muscle biology.
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                  Submission status: Open Deadline: 29 July 2026

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