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Funding for this research was provided by:
Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation Fellowship Program
Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Cancer Institute (R50CA211466)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Cancer Institute (5K12CA090628)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Cancer Institute (U24CA211006)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Cancer Institute (U2CCA233303)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Cancer Institute (PJ000021702)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Cancer Institute (U24CA224319)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Cancer Institute (U01DK124165)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Cancer Institute (P30CA196521)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Cancer Institute (R01CA258776)
Paula C. and Rodger O. Riner Blood Cancer Research Fund
Paula C. and Rodger O. Riney Blood Cancer Research Fund
Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, Myeloma Solutions Funds
Article History
Received: 17 March 2025
Accepted: 10 October 2025
First Online: 9 January 2026
Competing interests
: S.G. reports other research funding from Boehringer-Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Celgene, Genentech, Regeneron and Takeda and consulting from Taiho Pharmaceuticals, not related to this study. J.F.D. is on the consulting or advisory committee for Rivervest, Bioline, Amphivena, Bluebird, Celegene, Incyte, NeoImuneTech and Macrogenics and has ownership investment in Magenta and Wugen. J.R. declares consulting with Attivare, Parexel, Clario/Bioclinica, Imaging Endpoint and Wolters Kluwer Health, serves on a data and safety monitoring board with Karyopharm and has received grants and nonfinancial support from Celgene, BMS and Sanofi. J.R. also has a patent (PCT/US2021059199) pending. S.K. declares research funding for clinical trials to the institution from Abbvie, Amgen, Allogene, BMS, Carsgen, GSK, Janssen, Roche-Genentech, Takeda and Regeneron, as well as consulting or advisory board participation (with no personal payments) for Abbvie, BMS, Janssen, Roche-Genentech, Takeda, Pfizer, Loxo Oncology, K36, Sanofi, ArcellX and Beigene. T.K. declares research funding from Novartis and Pfizer, as well as advisory board participation for BMS. D.A. declares grants from MMRF, CTN (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute), Celgene, Pharmacyclics and Kite Pharma, as well as other support from Juno, Partners TX, Karyopharm, BMS, Aviv MedTech, Takeda, Legend Bio Tech, Chugai, Caribou Biosciences, Janssen, Parexel, Sanofi and Kowa. D.A. also has a patent (PCT/US2021/059199) pending. I.S.V. reports grants from NCI, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Harvard Stem Cell Institute and consulting for Mosaic, AlphaSights, NextRNA and Guidepoint Global outside of the submitted work. J.A.F. is a consultant for Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas and Wugen on work unrelated to the manuscript. Unrelated to this work, J.A.F. has a monoclonal antibody licensed to EMD Millipore and is an inventor on patent or patent applications (WO 2019/152387 and US 63/018,108) licensed to Kiadis and held or submitted by Nationwide Children’s Hospital on transforming growth factor-β-resistant, expanded NK cells. The other authors declare no competing interests.