Scientists have discovered a way to turn the body's B cells into tiny surveillance machines and antibody factories that can pump out specially designed antibodies to destroy cancer cells or HIV, two ...
B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is a type of cancer that causes abnormal B cells, a type of white blood cell that makes antibodies. Leukemia is a broad term for cancers that affect the blood ...
Our work shows how high-affinity B cells can bank really advantageous mutations by essentially cloning themselves rather than continuing to mutate. Perhaps we will soon be able to tailor vaccines to ...
In the largest study of its kind, researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center identified three subgroups of patients with large B-cell lymphoma (LBCL) who have different levels ...
About five million people worldwide have systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), an autoimmune disease that damages organs and tissues throughout the body, including skin, joints, kidneys, heart, and ...
About 30 percent of all non-Hodgkin lymphoma diagnoses in the United States are DLBCL. Although it is an aggressive cancer that can spread quickly, it is treatable. These can be symptoms of many ...