Guest Editors: Peter W. Dettmar (Technostics Ltd & RD Biomed Ltd, Castle Hill Hospital, East Yorkshire, UK) and Jeffrey Pearson (Newcastle University Biosciences institute, The Medical School, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK)

Guest Editors: Christopher R. Morse and Uma M. Sachdeva (Division of Thoracic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA)

Guest Editor: Sarah K. Thompson (Flinders Medical Centre & Flinders University, Bedford Park, SA, Australia)

Guest Editors: Fernando A. M. Herbella (Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil), Rafael Melillo Laurino Neto (Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil) and Rafael C. Katayama (Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil) 

Guest Editor: Luigi Bonavina (University of Milano Medical School, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Italy)