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.

1. Autoantibodies to tumor-associated antigens in lung cancer diagnosis Xiuzhi Zhang, Man Liu, Xue Zhang, Yulin Wang and Liping Dai 2. Extracellular vesicles in cardiovascular disease Chenyuan Huang, Yub Raj Neupane, Xiong Chang Lim, Rawan Shekhani, Bertrand Czarny, Matthias G. Wacker, Giorgia Pastorin and Jiong-Wei Wang 3. Synuclein in neurodegeneration Anastasia Bougea 4. Advances in fluorescent probes for detection and imaging of amyloid-ß peptides in Alzheimer’s disease Yunhua Zhang, Cen Ding, Changhong Li and Xiaohui Wang 5. Synthetic drugs of abuse Kenichi Tamama 6. High-sensitivity methods for cardiac troponins: The mission is not over yet Aldo Clerico, Martina Zaninotto, Claudio Passino, Andrea Padoan, Marco Migliardi and Mario Plebani