Instructions to Authors for Nature medicine JapanInstructions to Authors for Nature medicine Japan (ONLINE ISSN 2433-7897) Manuscript Types Research and Reports, Techniques and Methods, Investigation and Analysis ● Title The title should be to the point and present the difference from other papers. The title page should include: Full title (a brief declarative statement of the major findings of the research), Running title (no more than 60 characters including spaces), affiliation and corresponding author’s contact information (full postal address, telephone and fax numbers and e-mail address). If authors regard it as essential to indicate that two or more co-authors are equal in status, they may be identified by an asterisk symbol with the caption. These two authors contributed equally to this work’immediately under the address list. ● Authors and Institutional Affiliation Authors: Authors provide written consents from themselves. For the first author or corresponding author, name, year of birth,highest academic degree earned, professional titles, research direction, telephone number, fax number, and e-mail address are necessary. Institutional Affiliation: Include authors’ department, institution, city with postal code, and state/country. ●Abstract Use an informative-indicative abstract (unstructured abstract) of 200 to 300 words. The abstract should describe the background of research, explain the purpose in writing the paper, present main experimental data, and state the objective conclusion. ●Key words: 5-8 key words should be given. ●Text Introduction • Present the nature and scope of the problem investigated. • Review briefly the pertinent literature. 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