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, ...

The thymus is a crucial training ground for T-cells, the body's "white knights," where they learn to battle the various diseases they may encounter. Thymic function shrinks to nearly nothing as we age ...

Among the diverse laboratories and research groups comprising the Hutch research community, the Dudakov Lab has carved out a well-deserved niche that can best be described as ‘the thymus people.’ Not ...

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 ...

Human peadiatric thymus image from the IBEX protein multiplex (44 proteins on the same image) platform. Thymic epithelial cells are labeled with DEC205 (cyan), pan-cytokeratin (purple), keratin 5 (red ...

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, ...

Researchers from UC Riverside School of Medicine collaborated with researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel and uncovered a new type of cell in the thymus which is responsible for ...

A single signaling pathway controls whether immune cells attack or befriend cells they encounter while patrolling our bodies, ...

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 ...