Researchers say they have developed a low-cost, reliable, chip-based blood test to detect multiple myeloma, which could replace the painful bone marrow biopsy. Their…
Myeloma
Myeloma is a rare blood cancer that begins in plasma cells, a type of white blood cell normally responsible for producing antibodies that help fight off infectious pathogens and other threats.
While myeloma treatment can drive the disease into remission, sometimes for long periods of time, the cancer will often come back after a few months or years, and additional treatments will be needed.
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A Phase 1 clinical trial testing therapy candidate STRO-001 for lymphoma and myeloma has started treating its first patients, announced Sutro Biopharma, the therapy’s…
A new method that selects and isolates malignant myeloma cells based on their size and molecular markers enables more precise detection of chromosomal abnormalities, University…
P-BCMA-101, Poseida Therapeutics’ CAR T-cell therapy, is safe and effective in relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma patients, results from the first three patients enrolled…
A new antibody targeting the BCMA protein — called SEA-BCMA — has shown promising effectiveness and safety results in animal models of multiple myeloma, making…
Screening people with a family history of a multiple myeloma precursor would significantly reduce the chance that a person would develop and die of the cancer, a…
