Researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have developed a blood test that could transform the diagnosis and monitoring of multiple myeloma (MM) and its precursor conditions. The new method, known ...

What if a blood test could reveal the pace of our aging—and the diseases that may lie ahead? The labs of Profs. Liran Shlush and Amos Tanay at the Weizmann Institute of Science have been conducting in ...

A bone marrow biopsy is a medical procedure used to collect a small sample of bone marrow, which is the soft, spongy tissue inside your bones where blood cells are made. This test helps a physician ...

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is a form of cancer that leads to an atypically high level of lymphocytes within the bone marrow. Tests, such as a bone marrow biopsy, can determine how advanced CLL ...

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 ...

Genetic testing for chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) can tell doctors if someone has leukemia, what type they may have, and whether treatment is working. The tests look for atypical changes in certain ...

Immunophenotyping helps doctors diagnose and classify specific blood cell cancers, like leukemia and lymphoma, as well as other diseases. Immunophenotyping is a lab test doctors use to identify and ...

When you receive a diagnosis of CML, your doctor will monitor abnormal cells in your blood and bone marrow to see how well you’re responding to treatment. Treatment milestones are achieved by reducing ...