Understand your tests / In-depth guide
How to read laboratory results beyond the red flag
Reference ranges, units, positive results and changes over time: a guide to making better sense of your report.
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Anna Maria Journal
Laboratory tests, health and science explained.
17 articles
Everyday health / In-depth guide
Preparing for blood tests: food, medicines and the questions to clarify
What fasting means, why supplements matter and how to avoid uncertainty before a blood sample is taken.
Understand your tests / In-depth guide
Kidney health: why eGFR and urine albumin belong together
Two kinds of information for a fuller picture: filtration, albuminuria and the importance of repeated measurements.
Understand your tests / Guide
Ferritin: a window into iron stores
What ferritin tells us, why one value is not enough, and how iron fits into the picture.
Science & discoveries / Development in perspective
CRISPR: when gene editing became an approved therapy
A milestone from 2023 explained: what the approval of Casgevy brought, and its limits.
Understand your tests / Guide
HbA1c: a view of glucose beyond today
The difference between a current glucose reading and HbA1c, preparation, and why context matters.
Everyday health / From the laboratory
From your visit to your results: how Anna Maria Lab works
Walk-in visits, with clear information about hours, payment and receiving results.
Science & discoveries / Clinical case · 1 patient
A gene therapy designed for one child
What the CPS1 case teaches us about personalised medicine.
Science & discoveries / Technology demonstration · 1 participant
When brain signals become a voice
An experimental interface aims to restore the rhythm of conversation.
Science & discoveries / Randomised study · phase 3
Lenacapavir: what the HIV prevention study showed
How to interpret a result with zero observed infections.
Science & discoveries / Randomised study · 3,533 participants
Beyond glucose: what FLOW found about the kidneys
A clinical trial in people with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease.
Science & discoveries / Natural experiment · health records
Shingles vaccination and dementia: a link worth examining
What a natural experiment in Wales can tell us.
Science & discoveries / Preclinical study · laboratory and animals
Lariocidin: a new route against bacteria
A preclinical discovery targets the machinery that makes proteins.
Science & discoveries / Case series · 15 patients
CAR-T and autoimmune diseases: hope from a small case series
What follow-up of 15 patients showed, and what remains open.
Science & discoveries / Early trial · 1 patient
Insulin-producing cells: what one case in China showed
One year of follow-up after an experimental islet-cell transplant.
Science & discoveries / Randomised study · phase 3
R21/Matrix-M: what the malaria vaccine trial taught us
A large study in children across four African countries.
Science & discoveries / Research resource · genomics
The pangenome: a map that includes more human diversity
Why a single genetic reference cannot represent everyone.
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Why we publish
Value for the reader. In every article.
A question about a test. A development worth examining. An explanation that makes science easier to understand. The Journal offers knowledge that matters beyond a visit to the laboratory.
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