At the time, Professor Miller was researching leukaemia in mice, studying a cancer-causing virus called murine leukaemia virus. Professor Miller found that removing the thymus could prevent leukaemia ...

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (KCAL/KCBS) - A California family of four has been quarantined for months while awaiting a lifesaving implant for their baby, who has basically no immune system. The Landron ...

Two adult mouse pituitary glands. On the left, gonadotrophs derived after birth from stem cells appear in yellow. On the right, gonadotrophs in the embryo appear in green/yellow in the centre of ...

The team worked this out by genetically marking and tracing the descendants of the stem cells as they developed into different types in the pituitary gland in mice. By following the markers from ...

Now it appears that the thymus founds a line of cells that is responsible for the production of antibody Its function has been poorly understood, largely because the gland atrophies after childhood.

“Even if we’re going to the trash, we put a mask on… We don’t go to stores." Syanne was born without a thymus gland, which prevented her body from adapting its T cells. T cells are a crucial part of a ...