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. Exosomes in cancerJuliana Müller Bark, Arutha Kulasinghe, José Miguel Amenábar and Chamindie Punyadeera2. Parathyroid hormoneEdward Ki Yun Leung3. Clinical relevance of biochemical and metabolic changes in osteoarthritisGuangju Zhai4. Early diagnosis with ultrasensitive ELISAEtsuro Ito, Kanako Iha, Teruki Yoshimura, Kazunari Nakaishi and Satoshi Watabe5. Cytokines and the immune response in obesity-related disordersMeysam Moghbeli, Hamed Khedmatgozar, Mehran Yadegari, Amir Avan, Gordon A. Ferns and Majid Ghayour Mobarhan6. Metabolic profiling of organic and fatty acids in chronic and autoimmune diseasesEvangelia Sarandi, Maria Thanasoula, Chrisanthi Anamaterou, Evangelos Papakonstantinou, Franco Geraci, Maria Michelle Papamichael, Catherine Itsiopoulos and Dimitris Tsoukalas