title: Editorial.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences (Biometec), Torre Biologica Via Santa Sofia, 97 Est. Tower 3rd Floor, 95123 Catania, Italy. Electronic address: stefanis@unict.it.
authors.forename: Stefania
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stefani
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Laboratory, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Ying-Chun
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH), Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Po-Ren
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Hsueh
authors.affiliation: Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB25 2ZN, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Ian M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Gould