Patients undergoing hematopoietic (donor) stem cell transplants could benefit from treatment with the experimental drug letermovir, which prevents the common viral infection cytomegalovirus (CMV). These results…
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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One kind of immune cell helps another stay active for years against invaders, a finding that could lead to therapies for autoimmune diseases and certain…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the anti-CD20 therapy Revlimid (lenalidomide) as a maintenance therapy for multiple myeloma patients who received an…
Multiple myeloma (MM) patients treated at facilities that handle more patients may have better survival rates than those treated at lower-volume facilities, according to recent…
The first multiple myeloma patient has enrolled in a trial of Celyad‘s T-cell therapy for seven types of cancer that have failed to respond to treatment.
A man who calls himself a Hollyweed artist has started an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign to create T-shirts marking California’s legalization of recreational marijuana — and…
