Busulfan-melphalan conditioning in newly diagnosed, transplant-eligible multiple myeloma; and use of spatial transcriptomics to probe the three-dimensional properties of multiple myeloma bone marrow microenvironments

In this week's episode we’ll learn more about a study comparing busulfan-melphalan with melphalan alone as the conditioning protocol for newly diagnosed, transplant-eligible multiple myeloma; then we will discuss data on how three-dimensional transcriptomics can reveal complex interactions between plasma cells and bone marrow microenvironments.

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The Blood Podcast summarizes content recently published in Blood, the most cited peer-reviewed publication in the field of hematology.