Addressing ‘Brain Fog’ After CAR T-Cell Therapy

Stanford University researchers are investigating cognitive side effects, like memory loss and brain fog, following CAR T-cell therapy. Their goal: improve post-treatment support for cancer survivors.

Photo: In therapy- or illness-induced brain fog (right), microglia produce inflammatory chemicals that deplete oligodendroglial cells and their created myelin. Researchers have partly reversed this process in mice.
Emily Moskal

Read the research report published by Stanford Medicine>

Read publication in Cell from May 12, 2025>