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In my lab, each week part of the lab presents research, part of the lab does a 5 minute summary of a paper. As part of this they have to write up a 1 paragraph summary that I publish on Faculty of 1000 with them. This way we work on their writing and we keep on top of the literature. Organize this for the lab. If your PI is not on F1000, start a blog of paper write ups. As a side bonus, let the corresponding author know you wrote up their paper and it is an instant networking tool as people always like to see their work recognized, especially if they are on twitter this works well.
Buy this book and work through it: http://www.amazon.com/Essentials-Writing-Biomedical-Research-Papers/dp/0071345442/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1396711896&sr=8-1&keywords=mimi+zeiger.
It is essentially a workbook on how to write better. I did this before I wrote my dissertation and then my NIH F32. My F32 reviews said it was the best written fellowship they had ever seen.
Generally papers are just submitted as a word document - the look and feel of the paper/layout is done by the journal itself.
If you're looking for a guide on how WRITE a paper in the scientific language of a nature paper I recommend:
https://www.amazon.com/Essentials-Writing-Biomedical-Research-Papers/dp/0071345442
If your friend's field is biomedical research, I can recommend the book "Essentials of Writing Biomedical Research Papers." by Mimi Zeiger.