The thymus is a small organ located in the upper chest that plays a central role in the immune system: it produces T cells - ...

A small, often-ignored gland behind the breastbone may play a far larger role in adult health than medicine has assumed for ...

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 ...

One of the mysteries of immunology: the function of B cells (green) in the thymus gland was previously unknown. Researchers have now been able to show that the immune cells help to prevent T cells ...

Research Suggests The Thymus Is Critical In Immunotherapy Outcomes. Cancer patients with healthier thymus glands show dramatically better responses to immunotherapy, cutting progression risks by rough ...

The organ in question is not entirely useless, of course. During childhood and adolescence, it serves a very important ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. –- A new study in the New England Journal of Medicine addresses a question doctors have sought to clarify for decades: whether a surgery conducted since the 1940s benefits the patients ...

Researchers identify new mechanism that teaches immune cells-in-training to spare the body's own tissues while attacking pathogens. As part of this early education, specialized thymus cells 'pose' as ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Surgery to remove the thymus gland in patients with myasthenia gravis (MG), a rare autoimmune disease affecting neuromuscular function, provides significant clinical benefits for as ...

Two infants with congenital aplasia of the thymus were found to have normal polymorphonuclear-leukocyte function, immunoglobulins and antibody formation. Delayed hypersensitivity, allograft rejection ...

There's a small fatty gland that sits behind your sternum and is often said to be 'useless' in adulthood. A retrospective study, however, suggests the thymus gland is not nearly as expendable as ...