Thymus, a small and relatively unknown organ, may play a bigger role in the immune system of adults than was previously believed. With age, the glandular tissue in the thymus is replaced by fat, but, ...

A Czech scientist has contributed to understanding the function of the thymus—the training center of the immune system. T lymphocytes, key defensive cells, learn in the thymus not to mistake the ...

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A team of international researchers led by scientists at City of Hope, one of the largest and most advanced cancer research and treatment organizations in the United ...

Immune cells must learn not to attack the body itself. A team of researchers from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) has discovered a ...

The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has announced up to $37 million to restore function to the thymus through funding ...

A new study could help solve a long-standing mystery into why a key immune organ in our bodies shrinks and loses its function as we get older. A WEHI study could help solve a long-standing mystery ...

Scientists have kept a genetically modified pig kidney working inside a brain-dead man for 61 days – and successfully ...