He is using the virus to cure a rare form of blood cancer called EBV lymphoma, caused when B lymphocyte immune cells get infected with the Epstein - Barr virus (EBV). (discovermagazine.com)
Multiple myeloma is the second-most common form of blood cancer in the U.S, comprising about 1 % of all cancers. (cancerresearch.org)
In new research, Carlo Maley, PhD., and his colleagues describe compulsive evolution and dramatic genetic diversity in cells belonging to one of the most treatment - resistant and lethal forms of blood cancer: acute myeloid leukemia (AML). (sciencedaily.com)