BEHIND your chest wall sits a small fatty gland called the thymus. The blob-like organ was thought to be useless in adults – ...

In childhood, the thymus is known to play a critical role in developing the immune system. When the gland is removed at a ...

A recent study has made a shocking revelation about an organ that doctors frequently remove considering it to be useless.As ...

The first 3D images of a whole human thymus have been created using a specialized X-ray technique by researchers from University College London (UCL) and the Francis Crick Institute. The highly ...

Medically reviewed by David Ozeri, MDTreatments for myasthenia gravis include medications to help control and prevent ...

At age 25, Youssef Heddaya was diagnosed with thymoma, a slow-growing tumor that develops in the thymus, an integral part of ...

During childhood, the thymus helps train immune cells to distinguish between the body's own tissues and harmful invaders. A vitamin D deficiency at that stage of life causes the thymus to age more ...

Deficiency of vitamin D has been linked to issues in bone health, but recent studies are revealing a more complex ...

Recent results from the artificial thymus organoid program showed that fibroblasts and thymus-derived cell organoids can persist and function for over 50 days post-transplantation, with ...

Surprisingly, the thymus has been identified as a secondary source of PTH production. You have full access to this article via your institution. Is thymic PTH secretion, like PTH produced by the ...