antibodies

27Sep2022

Results of LLS Study re: T Cell Response to Covid Vaccines & Antibody Response to 3rd Shot Among Blood Cancer Patients

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) has published the results of its Patient Registry study measuring (i) T cell responses to the Covid mRNA vac…

Regeneron monoclonal antibodies to the rescue? My Florida experience! #ThisIsBloodCancer

Lisa Wiest

7Sep2021

Regeneron monoclonal antibodies to the rescue? My Florida experience! #ThisIsBloodCancer

Lisa Wiest explains how having blood cancer made her eager to get injected with COVID19 monoclonal antibodies. Blood Cancer Uncensored is pleased to s…

Remdesivir or Regeneron–What is the Difference and can WE get these life saving Covid 19 treatments?

Lisa Wiest

27Aug2021

Remdesivir or Regeneron–What is the Difference and can WE get these life saving Covid 19 treatments?

This is a simple post to explain the difference between these two drugs being used to combat Covid. Gilead Sciences' REMDESIVIR Anti-viral drug used i…

Navigating the Covid-19 Vaccine Debates and Concerns of Efficacy for Blood Cancer Patients in the United States

Lisa Wiest

18Jul2021

Navigating the Covid-19 Vaccine Debates and Concerns of Efficacy for Blood Cancer Patients in the United States

UPDATE: The FDA has made a new decision July 31, 2021 on the use of REGENERON-COV in that some of us who are considered vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2 virus…

Four steps to save the lives of blood cancer patients from COVID-19: Warn, Test, Protect, Treat

Adrian Warnock

17Jul2021

Four steps to save the lives of blood cancer patients from COVID-19: Warn, Test, Protect, Treat

I’m going to keep this post really simple. There’s a longer article that explains it in more detail. But I offer here a four step plan that can save o…

THE most dangerous time for blood cancer patients as only 20% told vaccines may not work for them

Adrian Warnock

6Jul2021

THE most dangerous time for blood cancer patients as only 20% told vaccines may not work for them

The plight and high level of risk faced by the hundreds of thousands of people with blood cancer, and others who are immune compromised, has been scan…

DIY Antibody replacement – starting Subcutneous Ig instead of IVIg

Think Differently

4Jul2021

DIY Antibody replacement – starting Subcutneous Ig instead of IVIg

For those of us with a compromised immune system, it is often advised to have infusions of Immunoglobulin to help fight infections. Three years ago wh…

Why and how to get antibody tested after COVID19 vaccines

Adrian Warnock

29Mar2021

Why and how to get antibody tested after COVID19 vaccines

Don't tell me what percentage of blood cancer patients the vaccine works for. Tell me if it has worked for me! How do I get tested?
Which test do I need? What do the results mean?

COVID19 infection, antibodies and vaccination – video explanation

Adrian Warnock

10Jan2021

COVID19 infection, antibodies and vaccination – video explanation

Right now 1 in 30 Londoners are infective for COVID19 and the NHS here is in crisis. What do we know about how the body fights this disease. Why do some people end up in hospital? How can a blood saturation monitor help you? What do we know about antibodies?

Dealing with the threefold tyranny of a damaged immune system (Infections, Inflammation, Fatigue)

Adrian Warnock

11Jul2020

Dealing with the threefold tyranny of a damaged immune system (Infections, Inflammation, Fatigue)

What can we do when cancer and chemo have led to a trail of destruction in our immune systems?

Revolutionary Plug and Play Vaccine Platform

Adrian Warnock

27Jun2020

Revolutionary Plug and Play Vaccine Platform

There is a phenomenal amount of work going on right now to find a vaccine for COVID-19. No fewer than 200 vaccine candidates are being looked at. Sixt…

Blood Cancer for Dummies

26Jun2020

Monoclonal antibodies for dummies

We recently did an antibodies for dummies post. You might well ask why "monoclonal" antibodies gets its own dummy feature write up. That would be like…

Antibodies (immunoglobulins) for dummies

Blood Cancer for Dummies

23Jun2020

Antibodies (immunoglobulins) for dummies

Wait, what do antibodies have to do with blood cancer? A lot as it turns out. Many blood cancers are of a type of lymphocyte called a b-cell. The prim…

What is Passive vaccination? Does Convalescent Plasma work? What is IVIG?

Adrian Warnock

6Jun2020

What is Passive vaccination? Does Convalescent Plasma work? What is IVIG?

Passive Vaccination How can we help the immune system know how to fight the virus it has never seen before? You might have already read my post …

Adrian Warnock

29May2020

How the immune system works

Blood cancer is a disease of the immune system. The very cells in the body that are meant to protect us from invaders have turned against us. And the …

Corona Hope: Oxford Vaccine & things WE can do

Adrian Warnock

28May2020

Corona Hope: Oxford Vaccine & things WE can do

$1 billion gamble? Or the miracle we are all waiting for? We are in a war more deadly than anything else in most of our lifetimes. Arguably the effect…