Hemifusomes are fused vesicles, or sacs of fluid, that were previously unknown to exist inside cells. They were discovered ...

Plasma cell neoplasms are a group of diseases – some cancerous – where certain blood cells don’t work like they should. Learn the symptoms, tests you might need, and options for treatment.

In patients with lung cancer, sequencing bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) cell-free DNA is more sensitive for identifying genomic alterations than sequencing plasma cell-free BAL and may provide an ...

Multiple myeloma, or just myeloma, is cancer of plasma cells, a type of white blood cell found in the spongy tissue inside your bones, called bone marrow. Plasma cells make special proteins called ...

Researchers show for the first time that engineered human plasma B cells can be used to treat a disease -- specifically leukemia -- in a humanized animal model. The results mark a key step in the ...

Long-lived plasma cells (LLPCs), which are important for protection from reinfection, are thought to migrate specifically to ...

Plasma cells are an important type of immune cell that release antibodies (or protective proteins) that act to neutralize antigens. Recently, researchers from Japan have shed new light on the ...

This world-first “plasma pathway” policy will allow most people, including gay and bisexual men, to donate plasma immediately regardless of sexual activity, provided they meet other criteria. The ...

Researchers used extensive single-cell analysis to create a spatial map of tumor-infiltrating B cells and plasma cells in early-stage lung cancers, revealing new roles for these immune cells in ...

Multiple myeloma affects plasma cells. It can cause a spike in M proteins, but an M protein spike does not necessarily mean that a person has multiple myeloma.

Multiple myeloma is an uncommon cancer affecting plasma cells in the bone marrow. Tumors in the bones and other organs can cause the cells to grow out of control. A complication of this cancer is ...