The Iranian Biomedical Journal (IBJ), a bimonthly publication of Pasteur Institute of Iran, is an open  access journal (all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution). For copyright consideration and resistribution issues, the Journal follows Creative Commons Attribution-NonDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-ND), which allows users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, or search for any purpose. IBJ takes pride in its leadership comprised of a wide range of disciplines in the field of biomedicine and is proud to offer a receptive medium for rapid, peer-reviewed publication for full length (original article), short communication, case report, research briefs, and letter to the editor, as well as expert scientific reviews. The Journal strives to maintain a dynamic growth of the quality of its publications and, therefore, welcomes submissions in the following fields: 1. Molecular Microbiology 2. Molecular Genetics& Genomics 3. Molecular Immunology 4. Cancer Biology 5. Pharmaceutical Biotechnology 6. Medical Biotechnology 7. Enzymology and Protein Chemistry 8. Tissue Engineering and Cell Biology 9. And Related Field