1. Exosomes in cancer Juliana Müller Bark, Arutha Kulasinghe, José Miguel Amenábar and Chamindie Punyadeera 2. Parathyroid hormone Edward Ki Yun Leung 3. Clinical relevance of biochemical and metabolic changes in osteoarthritis Guangju Zhai 4. Early diagnosis with ultrasensitive ELISA Etsuro Ito, Kanako Iha, Teruki Yoshimura, Kazunari Nakaishi and Satoshi Watabe 5. Cytokines and the immune response in obesity-related disorders Meysam Moghbeli, Hamed Khedmatgozar, Mehran Yadegari, Amir Avan, Gordon A. Ferns and Majid Ghayour Mobarhan 6. Metabolic profiling of organic and fatty acids in chronic and autoimmune diseases Evangelia Sarandi, Maria Thanasoula, Chrisanthi Anamaterou, Evangelos Papakonstantinou, Franco Geraci, Maria Michelle Papamichael, Catherine Itsiopoulos and Dimitris Tsoukalas
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.