Dear Colleagues,

We are delighted to announce the Topic Issue of Health and Metabolism (HM), titled “Disease, Structure, Methods, and Drug Design”, and would like to sincerely invite you to contribute either a research article or a review article or a perspective article to this topic issue.

This topic issue will focus on emerging advances and new perspectives related to:

• Molecular mechanisms and structural basis of metabolic regulation and disease;
• Innovative experimental and analytical methods that drive mechanistic discoveries;
• Structure-based and mechanism-guided drug design in health and disease;
• Integrative multi-omics and translational studies linking molecular structure to therapeutic intervention.

Please refer to the Instructions for Authors for formatting and submission details. We warmly invite you to submit manuscripts that align with these themes and to share your latest insights and research progress that will contribute to the success of this issue.

Submission Link: https://sciflux.org/authors/submissions
Submission Deadline: 30 June 2026

With warm regards,
Prof. H. Eric Xu
Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Prof. Ming Lei
Shanghai Jiaotong University
Prof. Maofu Liao
Southern University of Science and Technology
Prof. Ping Yin
Huazhong Agricultural University
Academic Editors for the Topic Issue of Health and Metabolism

All manuscripts will be peer-reviewed following the established policies and procedures of the journal. The final papers will be selected for publication depending on the results of the peer-review process and the reviews of the Academic Editors and Editor-in-Chief. The Editor-in-Chief or Academic Editors without any conflict of interest with any of the authors.