Vaccine effectiveness relies on creating a strong antibody response that can be reactivated to fight future infections. Now, ...

Researchers from Osaka University found that plasma cells expressing high levels of the protein integrin β7 and the ...

Plasma cell leukemia (PCL) is a rare disease that may present de novoor secondary to plasma cell myeloma. Advanced disease and extramedullary involvement are common clinical features at presentation.

Vaccine effectiveness relies on creating a strong antibody response that can be reactivated to fight future infections. Now ...

Cell membranes protect and organize cells. All cells have an outer plasma membrane that regulates not only what enters the cell, but also how much of any given substance comes in. Unlike ...

A “complete eradication” of B cells with chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy is responsible for the long-term, drug-free ...

There may be a link to autoimmune diseases, genetics, or environmental factors. Like multiple myeloma, MGUS starts in a type of white blood cell called plasma cells. These cells make m-protein. This ...

The knowledge of how thalidomide works helped scientists put the drug to use as a treatment for multiple myeloma, a cancer of plasma cells. HIV and AIDS. In the late 1980s, researchers discovered ...

In a second experiment with the same parameters, recurrence rates were 44% in nine control mice and 25% in eight plasma-treated mice. In a third experiment, the researchers delayed the surgery until ...