Reading time: 4 minutes Cameron Van Cleave Introduction If you haven’t heard of amyloid light chain (AL) amyloidosis, you aren’t alone. According to the Amyloidosis Foundation, 4,500 new cases are diagnosed in the US every year. That’s about 0.001% of the population, or roughly 1 in every 10,000 people. That estimate may be low due... Continue Reading →
Leukemia Cells Find Shelter in Bone Marrow
Reading time: 4 minutes Cameron Van Cleave The bone marrow is more than just blood cells. It’s a complex mixture of blood vessels, stem cells, immune cells, and even fat cells.1 There is a lot of cross-talk between all these different cell types, adding an extra layer of complexity to blood cancers. For example, multiple... Continue Reading →
