Healthy pregnancies and newborns are possible after CAR T cell therapy

After using the therapy for autoimmune diseases such as lupus, patients had no issues

A person sits in a hospital bed while receiving treatment from a medical provider through an infusion in their arm

A patient with lupus receives CAR T cell therapy at University College London Hospital in 2024. A new study reports that women who became pregnant after CAR T treatment for autoimmune diseases like lupus fared well and had healthy newborns.

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Women who had an experimental therapy to treat their autoimmune disease had successful pregnancies, a small study finds.