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 ...

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Did you know there's a small gland in your chest, often called the "thymus" or the "happiness gland," that plays a crucial role in your vital energy and immune system?

The Thymus gland is a central figure of the immune system because of its primary role in processing these white blood cells into T lymphocytes. These thymic lymphocytes carry out three defensive ...

Scanning electron micrograph of a human T lymphocyte (also called a T cell) from the immune system of a healthy donor. Credit: NIAID In the early 1960s, Professor Jaques Miller discovered the ...

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 ...

Deletion of the ‘glial cells missing-2’ gene in mice disrupts development of the parathyroid glands but does not ... Surprisingly, the thymus has been identified as a secondary source of ...

Today there are countless products marketed to energize the immune system ... (TPA), a bioactive protein naturally produced by the thymus gland. TPA plays a critical role in activating and ...

Dr. Jarrod Dudakov studies how the immune system naturally recovers after damage, such as from common cancer therapies like chemotherapy and radiation. He uses mouse models to study the thymus, the ...