NEWS

'Open' option for authors now available

Asian Journal of Andrology now offers authors the option to publish their articles with immediate open access upon publication. Open access articles will also be deposited in PubMed Central at the time of publication and will be freely available immediately. Find out more from our FAQs page.

Asian Men's Health

Many aspects that affect men’s health, such as disease burden or risk factors for cardiometabolic diseases, vary greatly across Asia. The July 2011 Special Issue on Asian Men’s Health deals with the many factors that affect men’s health in the region, including traditional medicinal practices, the growing importance of prostate cancer in Asia, testosterone deficiency and testosterone treatment trends. The accompanying web focus presents a collection of recent articles related to Asian men’s health from across Nature Publishing Group.

Cell Biology and Genetics of Sperm

Major technical developments in biomolecular techniques have led to great advances in the field of analytical biochemistry in recent years. These advances have opened up new avenues of research into sperm cell biology: by studying the 'omics profiles of spermatozoa we can gain more insight into the molecular mechanisms regulating their biology. In January 2011, a new special issue on the Cell Biology and Genetics of Sperm presents a snapshot of current thinking in the field of sperm cell biology. The accompanying web focus presents a collection of recent articles that provide more background into our understanding of this fascinating field of reproductive biology/medicine.