Vaccine effectiveness relies on creating a strong antibody response that can be reactivated to fight future infections. Now, researchers from Japan report that antibody-producing cells are destined ...

Multiple myeloma is a serious type of blood cancer that begins in plasma cells, a kind of white blood cell that helps the body fight infections. Although it is not as well known as some other cancers, ...

Osaka, Japan – Vaccine effectiveness relies on creating a strong antibody response that can be reactivated to fight future infections. Now, researchers from Japan report that antibody-producing cells ...

Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) is a premalignant plasma-cell disorder present in approximately 5% of the general population over the age of 50 years. MGUS is characterized ...

Researchers reveal critical mechanism behind idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Rutgers Health researchers have discovered that networks of misplaced immune cells drive an aggressive lung disease, ...

Evaluation of daratumumab for treating multiple myeloma in patients with high-risk cytogenetic factors: A pooled analysis using synthetic individual patient data. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from ...

Discover how mapping plasma proteins to diseases in 53,000 adults is transforming diagnostics, advancing treatments, and paving the way for personalized healthcare solutions. Study: Atlas of the ...

Targeting KMA seeks to spare normal immunoglobulin-producing plasma cells, differentiating from BCMA-directed CAR T ...

Discovering the fountain of youth is an age-old pursuit (pun not intended). One of the latest clock-reversing experiments causing a buzz is a technique called therapeutic plasma exchange, a procedure ...