Investigations analyzing defined perturbations of a given genetic stasis use hypothesis-testing computational methods, whereas genetic surveys and research into fundamental cellular biology use statistical methods.

The journal focuses on translational medicine, spanning disease-oriented basic research in molecular and cellular biology and pre-clinical investigations into molecular and cellular therapeutics.

The disciplines covered in this exam include: anatomy, physiology, clinical scenarios, pathology (including genetics), histopathology, cellular biology, immunology, pharmacology and statistics.

It has more than 17,000 members from over 100 countries in medicine, molecular and cellular biology, biochemistry, physiology, genetics, immunology, education, industry and allied health.

However, understanding the molecular and cellular biology of axon guidance would not begin until decades later.