近四分之一世紀(jì)，隨著生物化學(xué)和分子生物學(xué)學(xué)科的飛速發(fā)展，對普通醫(yī)學(xué)、遺傳學(xué)、免疫學(xué)、發(fā)育生物學(xué)和生物物理學(xué)的發(fā)展作出了重大貢獻(xiàn)。廣泛學(xué)科的研究人員越來越需要了解當(dāng)前生物化學(xué)和分子生物學(xué)進(jìn)展的重要性，而生物化學(xué)和分子生物學(xué)界的成員本身則尋求與各自專業(yè)無關(guān)的領(lǐng)域進(jìn)展的簡明信息。生物化學(xué)和分子生物學(xué)的評論認(rèn)為，寫得好的評論文章是整合和有意義地理解大量的，經(jīng)常是矛盾的文獻(xiàn)的有效手段。綜述文章還通過綜合已知事實、富有成果的假設(shè)和新概念，為創(chuàng)造性的學(xué)術(shù)提供了機會。因此，生物化學(xué)和分子生物學(xué)的評論發(fā)表了高質(zhì)量的評論，這些評論組織、評估和介紹了生物化學(xué)和分子生物學(xué)領(lǐng)域的高影響、當(dāng)前問題的現(xiàn)狀。選題是根據(jù)杰出科學(xué)家咨詢委員會的建議進(jìn)行的，該委員會還建議具有特殊能力的作者。所選主題足夠?qū)挿海軌蛭龔V大讀者，但重點足夠集中，能夠在單個作者的能力范圍內(nèi)。作者的選擇是基于他們在該領(lǐng)域的活動和他們證明的能力，以產(chǎn)生一個良好的書面出版物。

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