Author Marcin Gackowski is an associate professor in the Department of Toxicology and Bromatology at the Collegium Medicum Nicolaus Copernicus University in Bydgoszcz, Poland. Marcin Gackowski's current and previous research interests include application of molecular modelling in the design of new molecules with therapeutic potential (anticancer drugs, XI inhibitors), the identification of biomarkers with possible diagnostic relevance for neurodegenerative diseases, autoimmune diseases and cancer and modern pharmacotherapy, geriatric care, oxidative stress, malnutrition in older patients.