Timothy Amos

1 week ago | theconversation.com | Ming Gao |Timothy Amos

Japan’s agriculture minister, Taku Etō, resigned on May 21 just six months into his term, following a public backlash to his joke that he never buys rice because supporters give it to him for free. Gaffes are by no means uncommon in Japanese politics. Controversial remarks by one former prime minister, Tarō Asō, were routinely followed by retractions – and the ruling Liberal Democratic party (LDP) even distributed a gaffe-prevention manual to its members in 2019.

Nov 27, 2023 | nature.com | Curtis Cai |Mandeep Singh |Ira W. Deveson |James Ferguson |Timothy Amos |Robert Balderas | +3 more

AbstractChimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy is effective in treating B cell malignancies, but factors influencing the persistence of functional CAR+ T cells, such as product composition, patients’ lymphodepletion, and immune reconstitution, are not well understood.