Advances in Clinical Chemistry: Volume 52

ISBN-13: 9780123809483 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 192 str.

Gregory Makowski

Opis

Volume 47 in the internationally acclaimed Advances in Clinical Chemistry contains chapters submitted from leading experts from academia and clinical laboratory science. Authors are from a diverse field of clinical chemistry disciplines and diagnostics, ranging from basic biochemical exploration to cutting-edge microarray technology.

• Leading experts from academia and clinical laboratory science
• Volume emphasizes novel laboratory advances with application to clinical laboratory diagnostics and practical basic science studies

Spis treści

1. Microarrays for Genomic Medicine - Ching-Wan Lam
2. Molecular staging estimates occult tumor burden in colorectal cancer - Scott A. Waldman
3. Cardiotrophin-1 in Cardiovascular Regulation - Michihisa Jougasaki
4. Metabolic rate depression: the biochemistry of mammalian hibernation - Kenneth B. Storey
5. Endothelial Cell Biology: Role In The Inflammatory Response - Guha Krishnaswamy
6. Pathogenesis, laboratory and clinical characteristics of Helicobacter pylori-associated immune thrombocytopenic purpura - Massimo Franchini
7. Methylation of DNA in Cancer - Masato Maekawa

O autorze

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.