A raft of research is recasting the thymus from a bit player to a potent regulator of aging and immune health.

In a Mass General Brigham research lab, a team of scientists found such strong links between thymus health and longevity — and immunotherapy effectiveness — that they literally said, “This cannot be ...

The underappreciated organ that could be key to longer life - New research challenges assumption that small organ located ...

A critical immune organ called the thymus shrinks rapidly with age, putting older individuals at greater risk for life-threatening infections. A new study reveals that thymus atrophy may stem from a ...

An international research team led by the University of British Columbia (UBC) has uncovered for the first time the importance of a small gland tucked behind the sternum that works to prevent ...

A small, fatty lump behind your breastbone may hold clues about how long you will live and how well your body fights cancer.

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It’s long been thought that an organ known as the thymus is crucial to development of the immune system. Early in life, it ensures diversity among immune cells called T cells that fight pathogens and ...

With advances in cancer immunotherapy splashing across headlines, the immune system’s powerful cancer assassins — T cells — have become dinner-table conversation. But hiding in plain sight behind that ...

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 and ...

The thymus is located in the chest behind the sternum and plays a key role in the immune system by producing T cells. T cells help protect the body by finding and destroying harmful pathogens like ...