There is a small organ sitting behind your breastbone, roughly the size of a walnut in adults, that most physicians have ...

The thymus, an organ that was thought to be obsolete after puberty, may affect disease risk in adults ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

For centuries, the thymus was dismissed as a vestigial organ. But in the 60s, researchers suggested that it was actually very important to T cells. Later work showed how important the thymus is to the ...

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 ...

Primary lymphoid organs, such as the thymus, provide the specialized microenvironments that are required for the development of lymphoid cells. In addition, they support the necessary quality-control ...

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