1. Advances in celiac disease testing Tibor Pasinszki and Melinda Krebsz 2. Advances in DNA/RNA detection using nanotechnology Hong Zhou, Jing Liu, Jing-Juan Xu, Shusheng Zhang and Hong-Yuan Chen 3. Circulating microRNA in cardiovascular disease En C. Fung, Asif N. Butt, Jarlath Eastwood, Ramasamyiyer Swaminathan and Ravinder Sodi 4 Advances in HER2 testing Yun Chen, Liang Liu, Ronghua Ni and Weixian Zhou 5. Pentraxin-3 and endothelial dysfunction Alexandru Zlibut, Ioana Corina Bocsan and Lucia Agoston-Coldea 6. Advances in oral cancer detection Debolina Chakraborty, Chandrasekaran Natarajan and Amitava Mukherjee
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.