Q: I read that an adult’s thymus gland health may be vital to anti-aging. What is the thymus, what can it do, and why haven’t ...

A hormone that extends lifespan in mice by 40% is produced by specialized cells in the thymus gland, according to a new study by Yale School of Medicine researchers. The team also found that ...

A WEHI 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. The thymus is an organ essential for good health due to ...

T cells are incredible. They detect foreign or abnormal proteins with remarkable specificity. Some directly kill cells containing these proteins while others call to additional components of the ...

Two studies published in Nature used artificial intelligence to measure the health of the human thymus from routine chest CT scans, finding that people with healthier thymus tissue lived longer and ...