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. Advances in point-of-care testing for cardiovascular diseasesBrian Regan, Richard O’Kennedy and David Collins2. Biomarkers of high salt intakeKeiko Hosohata3. Metabolomics in Parkinson’s diseaseJacopo Troisi, Annamaria Landolfi, Pierpaolo Cavallo, Francesca Marciano, Paolo Barone and Marianna Amboni4. Histone deacetylase in neuropathologyRohan Gupta, Rashmi K. Ambasta and Pravir Kumar5. Epigenetics in kidney diseasesHao Ding, Lu Zhang, Qian Yang, Xiaoqin Zhang and Xiaogang Li6. Cryoglobulins: Identification, classification, and novel biomarkers of mysterious proteinsCecilia Napodano, Francesca Gulli, Gian Ludovico Rapaccini, Mariapaola Marino and Umberto Basile