Once rapidly fatal, neglected, and orphan diseases without approved therapeutic options, systemic amyloidoses are now highly ...

Okay, this is gonna sound complicated at first, but bear with me and let’s see if we can’t make it a bit easier… So, a diagnosis of multiple myeloma usual involves a blood test known as a “Serum Free ...

In a recent study published in the journal Nature, researchers investigate whether pairs of unrelated B-cells of naive, unswitched, memory and plasmablast phenotypes that have similar heavy chains ...

Beth describes the first relapse of multiple myeloma she experienced, and Elie Fahed, MD, explains what free light chains are and the role that they play. Elie Fahed, MD: I was waiting to get my ...

Nearly 20% of patients with multiple myeloma have a form in which they make extreme quantities of one component of the abnormal antibody they are producing, and these so-called "free monoclonal light ...

Randomized Noninferiority Trial of a Liberalized Diet Versus the Neutropenic Diet in Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Transplant Patients and Patients With Acute Leukemia The AL-ISS enables clinicians to ...

Background: Diagnosis of monoclonal gammopathies (MGs) is determined by demonstration of a monoclonal immunoglobulin molecule or chain in serum and/or urine. Previous results on immunofixation ...

Serum Free Light Chain: Immunoglobulin light chains that are circulating in serum in a free state are called free light chains. The analysis of the serum level of FLCs became practical as a clinical ...