plasma cell

Myeloma – also known as multiple myeloma – affects part of the immune system called plasma cells.

The musician said she has multiple myeloma, which occurs when cancerous plasma cells build up in bone marrow and crowd out healthy blood cells, according to the Mayo Clinic.

Unlike CD20, it’s also on the surface of young plasma cells, which means the drug tags for destruction an additional source of autoantibodies.

His company is developing a system that uses solar-powered plasma cells to fix nitrogen from the air.

Multiple myeloma is a rare blood cancer affecting a type of white blood cells known as plasma cells.