Despite its importance, little is known about the early development of the thymus, as it uniquely functions primarily during infancy and then gradually degenerates over the lifespan. Studying its ...

The thymus gland, which sits behind your sternum, is often considered to be useless once you reach adulthood. However, it may serve more of a purpose than experts originally thought. Researchers ...

and so he removed the thymus of new born mice, to test whether this would prevent the development of cancer following later viral infection. However, he found that these new born mice wasted and died ...

In this interview, News Medical speaks with Olivier Negre, Chief Scientific Officer at Smart Immune, about how immunotherapy ...

Deletion of the ‘glial cells missing-2’ gene in mice disrupts development of the parathyroid ... Surprisingly, the thymus has been identified as a secondary source of PTH production.

The thymus gland is part of our lymphatic system. It’s involved in the development of a type of white blood cell called a T lymphocyte. These white blood cells are part of your immune system. They ...