A proteomics-driven 24-protein classifier improves the differentiation of thyroid adenoma and carcinoma, retrospectively and ...

The 3-month-old girl who lives in a bubble can’t get hugs from her grandparents. Cuddling, holding and just being in the same room are off-limits too for everyone except her mother and 6-year ...

The thymus gland is a soft organ that is large in babies but begins to shrink after puberty. Once you reach adulthood, your thymus gland becomes relatively small. Your thymus is a fully develope ...

It happens when white blood cells called lymphocytes become cancerous. These types of blood cells come from the thymus gland, which sits behind your breastbone and in front of your heart.

A New Jersey woman is the second living recipient of a pig kidney. A month ago, Richard Slayman became the first living person to receive a kidney transplant from a gene-edited pig. Now, a team of ...

A thymectomy is a surgical procedure that involves removing the thymus gland. Surgeons perform a thymectomy to treat certain autoimmune diseases and cancers. The thymus is a small gland in the ...

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 ...

So, what are sweetbreads made from? They’re the organs, known as offal in culinary circles — specifically the thymus glands from the neck or throat — of a young animal, usually a lamb or calf.

The thymus gland—which produces immune T cells before birth and during childhood— is often regarded as nonfunctional in adults, and it's sometimes removed during cardiac surgery for easier ...

New research challenges the belief that the thymus gland is nonfunctional in adults. Thymectomy during surgery increases the risk of death and cancer. Reduced thymus activity leads to lower T cell ...