Advances in Clinical Chemistry

Dr Gregory S Makowski is a board-certified clinical chemist and fellow of the National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry. Following receipt of his PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Connecticut Storrs, he pursued post-doctoral studies at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine in Farmington that culminated in joint appointments in the School of Medicine and the Department of Laboratory Medicine at John Dempsey Hospital. He has numerous clinical and basic science publications and serves on various scientific and editorial boards. He is actively engaged in the training of Pathology residents and fellows in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Hartford Hospital. He currently serves as Vice President Clinical Laboratory Services Hartford HealthCare in Connecticut.

Use of Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-Of-Flight Mass Spectrometry for Multiplex Genotyping
Klaus Meyer and Per Magne Ueland
Rheumatic Heart Disease: Mediation by Complex Immune Events
L. Guilherme, K. F. Köhler and J. Kalil
Dipeptidyl peptidase in autoimmune pathophysiology
Kei Ohnuma, Osamu Hosono, Nam H. Dang, and Chikao Morimoto
Biochemistry of Hellp Syndrome
Chiara Benedetto, Luca Marozio, Annalisa Tancredi, Elisa Picardo, Paola Nardolillo, Anna Maria Tavella, Loredana Salton
Homocysteine in pregnancy
Michelle M. Murphy and Joan D. Fernandez-Ballart
Diabetes and tuberculosis: analysis of a paradox
Dibyajyoti Banerjee, Rajasri Bhattacharyya, Deepak Kaul and Priya Sharma
EGCG, Green Tea Polyphenols and their Synthetic Analogs and Prodrugs for Human Cancer Prevention and Treatment
Di Chen, Sheng Biao Wan, Huanjie Yang, Jian Yuan, Tak Hang Chan and Q. Ping Dou