Cell & Bioscience

Call for papers: Mesenchymal stem cells in disease development and therapy

This thematic series aims to give a holistic overview of how mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are involved in disease development and what insights they can provide into treatment strategies.

Featured article: CRISPR Cpf1 proteins: structure, function and implications for genome editing

In this review, the Safari et al. discuss the evolutionary origins, basic architectures, and molecular mechanisms of Cpf1 family proteins, as well as crRNA designing and delivery strategies.

Editor Profile

Dr Yun-Bo Shi, Editor-in-Chief

Dr Shi is a senior investigator and the Chief of Section on Molecular Morphogenesis, NICHD, NIH, and is currently serving as the Editor-in-Chief of Cell & Bioscience in his personal capacity. Dr Shi received his BS degree from Wuhan University, China, in 1982 and his PhD degree from University of California, Berkeley, CA, in 1988. After postdoctoral training at the Carnegie Institution, he established his own research group at NICHD, NIH, in 1992. Dr Shi has been studying the molecular basis of thyroid hormone regulation of vertebrate development by using Xenopus metamorphosis as a model system. Dr Shi has published over 130 research papers and 50 reviews/book chapters, edited three books and written a monograph on amphibian metamorphosis.