This means if the process in the thymus breaks down, as in the case with Carma1 mutations, inducing Treg cells through the peripheral lymphoid system may fill the void, according to the investigators.

This means if the process in the thymus breaks down, as in the case with Carma1 mutations, inducing Treg cells through the peripheral lymphoid system may fill the void, according to the investigators.

Regulatory T cells, which function like immune system police, learn early in life what to protect, and that may include viruses, bacteria and tumors, researchers have shown.

AUGUSTA, Ga. – A fundamental theory about how our thymus educates our immune police appears to be wrong, scientists say. It's known that stem cells come out of the bone marrow and travel to the ...

The discovery, from a mouse model of a human autoimmune condition, suggests that effective strategies to treat autoimmune disease should target not only the “peripheral” sites where autoimmune disease ...

Cells from a mouse embryo were reprogrammed to look like thymus cells and then transplanted into a mouse. The cells formed a replacement organ with the same structure, complexity and function as a ...

Researchers from the Organoid group have developed a new organoid model that can be used to study the thymus. The organoids, derived from mouse thymus tissue, specifically model thymic epithelial ...

Love your thymus. This small butterfly-shaped organ in the upper chest is where your immune system’s T cells develop. The training these cells receive in the thymus equips them for a life of fighting ...

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Using mouse embryo cells, scientists at the MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine created an artificial thymus gland with the same structure and function as an adult organ. SUBSCRIBE.