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 his 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 and Chief Scientific Officer for Clinical Laboratory Partners in Newington CT, USA.

1. Growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF-15) in kidney diseases Charlotte Delrue, Reinhart Speeckaert, Joris R. Delanghe, Marijn M. Speeckaert 2. Alkaptonuria - past, present and future Andrew Davison and Brendan Norman 3. Alcohol Consumption and Nutritional Biomarkers in Early-Stage Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease Vatsalya Vatsalya, Amor J. Royer, Suman Kumar Jha, Ranganathan Parthasarathy, Harsh Tiwari, Wenke Feng, Vijay A. Ramchandani, Irina A. Kirpich and Craig J. McClain 4. Advances in Liquid Biopsy–Based Markers in NSCLC Xiao-Dong Ren, Ning Su, Xian-Ge Sun, Wen-Man Li, Jin Li, Bo-Wen Li, Ruo-Xu Li, Jing Lv, Qian-Ying Xu, Wei-Long Kong, Qing Huang 5. D-dimer testing: a narrative review L. Wauthier, J. Favresse, M. Hardy, J. Douxfils, G. Le Gal, P.M. Roy, N. van Es, C. Ay, H. ten Cate, T. Lecompte, G. Lippi, F. Mullier 6. Evolving Markers in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Xu Chen, Lu Zhou, Can Cui, Jiangwei Sun