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 ...

This article, the fifth in an eight-part series on the endocrine system, explores the anatomy and physiology of the pineal and thymus glands, and describes how they regulate and coordinate vital ...

An essential component of the lymphatic system, the thymus, a pyramid-shaped organ located in the thoracic cavity, is responsible for producing T-cells. For centuries, the thymus was believed to ...

Eigentlich würde man davon ausgehen, dass die Anatomie der Maus den Biologen inzwischen ... bei der Maus neben dem seit langem bekannten Thymus noch eine weitere Thymusdrüse entdeckt.[ ...

In the early 1900s, a strange disease was killing thousands of infants. Termed "status lymphaticus", it was blamed on the thymus, a small, grayish-pink gland weighing no more than 37 grams nestled ...

In a study of almost 2,300 adults who underwent chest surgery, removing the thymus gland was associated with higher rates of death and of cancer within the next few years, researchers report in ...

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have identified stem cells in the human thymus for the first time. These cells represent a potential new target to understand immune diseases and cancer ...

The thymus, credited as being the “seat of the soul” by Galen of Pergamon almost 2000 years ago, was later considered to be a “graveyard” for dying cells and was deemed to be “an ...

A first-of-its kind, a heart-thymus transplant, is a success A pediatric surgery team at Duke University successfully performed a heart transplant and a thymus tissue transplant from the same donor.

The thymus gland is located in the chest behind the breastbone. Its functions include producing white blood cells known as T cells, which aid in immunity. It also contributes to the production of ...