A blood test is a medical procedure where a sample of a person's blood is taken (called a blood draw) and sent to a lab for analysis. Knowing the results of blood tests helps a physician better ...

Kyprolis is a type of medicine called a proteasome inhibitor. The proteasome is like the cell's "trash disposal" system. Proteasome inhibitors such as Kyprolis bind to and block the activity of the ...

What if doctors could more accurately diagnose and monitor blood cancer with a simple blood draw? This vision is becoming a ...

In order to diagnose a patient with multiple myeloma, a physician will typically order several different tests. That’s because multiple myeloma is a complex disease and knowing the results of these ...

Multiple myeloma is a rare blood cancer of the plasma cells in bone marrow -- the soft, spongy interior of bone where all blood cells are produced. Plasma cells are a type of white blood cell that ...

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How Does Blenrep Work for Multiple Myeloma? Blenrep is an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC), which is a type of targeted cancer medicine. ADCs contain two parts, a protein called an antibody and an ...

The blood cancer multiple myeloma, which involves infection-fighting plasma cells in the bone marrow, affects only about 1% of all cancers -- predominantly individuals over age 65. The disease ...