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Interdisciplinary Breakthrough: May 2025 Special Issue Unveils AI-Driven Convergence of Omics and Network Pharmacology in Herbal Therapeutics

5 May 2025

In May 2025, Phytomedicine will publish a special interdisciplinary issue titled "Interdisciplinary Integration of Artificial Intelligence, Life Omics, and Network Pharmacology Deciphers Therapeutic Discovery of Herbal Medicines", guest-edited by an eminent team of scholars:

• Prof. Thomas Efferth (Editor-in-Chief of Phytomedicine)
• Prof. Xijun Wang (Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine)
• Prof. Aiping Lu (Hong Kong Baptist University)
• Prof. Zhaoxiang Bian (Hong Kong Baptist University)
• Prof. Junhua Zhang (Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine)
• Prof. Yuefei Wang (Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine)
• Prof. Haitao Lu (Hong Kong Baptist University)

This cutting-edge issue, scheduled for online release in May 2025, explores the convergence of AI, multi-omics, and network pharmacology to advance the discovery and mechanistic understanding of herbal medicines.

We cordially invite researchers to engage with this pivotal work. Stay tuned for insights at the frontier of interdisciplinary phytomedical science!