The Greeks believed your thymus was home to your soul. In fact, thymus means “soul” in Greek. While no studies have proved that to be the case, your thymus does play an important role in your ...

The thymus gland, which sits behind your sternum, is often considered to be useless once you reach adulthood. However, it […] ...

By creating the first spatial atlas of the developing human thymus, a vital organ that trains immune cells to protect against ...

A retrospective study, however, suggests the thymus gland is not nearly as expendable as experts once thought. US researchers ...

Our immune systems begin developing long before we are born. Immune cells are generated around 4-weeks after gestation and ...

A new thymus map reveals its early development, paving the way for regenerative immune therapies and advanced cancer ...

The first 3D images of a whole human thymus have been created using a specialized X-ray technique by researchers from University College London (UCL) and the Francis Crick Institute. The highly ...

Human immune system is 'ready to go' long before birth Date: November 20, 2024 Source: Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute Summary: The most comprehensive map of the developing human thymus sheds ...

Surprisingly, the thymus has been identified as a secondary source of PTH production. You have full access to this article via your institution. Is thymic PTH secretion, like PTH produced by the ...

US doctors say a young boy called Easton has made medical history by becoming the first person in the world to receive a combined heart and thymus transplant. The pioneering procedure was done to ...

We discovered the function of the thymus and made key findings on the function of the two main subsets of lymphocytes, T cells and B cells. This was the fundamental basis for modern immunology.