ENGINEERING AND DESIGN OF CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTORS

Engineering and Design of Chimeric Antigen Receptors

T cells engineered with chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) have emerged as a potent new class of therapeutics for cancer, based on their remarkable potency in blood cancers.Since the first clinical PCB reports of their efficacy emerged 7 years ago, investigators have focused on the mechanisms and properties that make CARs effective or toxic, and the

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Does acute maternal stress in pregnancy affect infant health outcomes? Examination of a large cohort of infants born after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001

Abstract Background Infants in utero during the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 may have been negatively affected by maternal stress.Studies to date have produced contradictory results.Methods Data for this retrospective cohort study were obtained from the Department of Defense Birth and Infant Health Registry and included up to 164,743 inf

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