For centuries, the thymus was dismissed as a vestigial organ. But in the 60s, researchers suggested that it was actually very important to T cells. Later work showed how important the thymus is to the ...

"Parasite" DNA sequences have three potential functions in the development of T (for thymus) lymphocytes, researchers led by Université de Montréal medical professor Claude Perreault show in a study ...

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A team of international researchers led by scientists at City of Hope, one of the largest and most advanced cancer research and treatment organizations in the United ...

The thymus is a crucial training ground for T-cells, the body's "white knights," where they learn to battle the various diseases they may encounter. Thymic function shrinks to nearly nothing as we age ...

Thymus, a small and relatively unknown organ, may play a bigger role in the immune system of adults than was previously believed. With age, the glandular tissue in the thymus is replaced by fat, but, ...

Scientists hoping to discover better ways to boost immune function — which could lengthen our healthspan and protect immunocompromised patients — may have a new target, according to findings published ...

A researcher at the Hackensack Meridian Center for Discovery and Innovation (CDI) and physician-scientist colleagues from ...

Fibrobiologics Inc. has announced the development of a novel artificial thymus organoid that can restore immune function in a severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) mouse model.

The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has announced up to $37 million to restore function to the thymus through funding ...

Scientists and surgeons at Duke University are winners of the 2023 Gizmodo Science Fair for pioneering a combination heart-thymus transplant procedure. Can you convince a person’s immune system to ...

A new study could help solve a long-standing mystery into why a key immune organ in our bodies shrinks and loses its function as we get older. A WEHI study could help solve a long-standing mystery ...