The thymus gland, which sits behind your sternum, is often considered to be useless once you reach adulthood. However, it may serve more of a purpose than experts originally thought. Researchers ...

Did you know there's a small gland in your chest, often called the "thymus" or the "happiness gland," that plays a crucial ...

Cancer of the thymus gland is rare. Most cancers that start in the thymus gland are called thymomas. There’s also a much rarer form of thymus gland cancer called thymic carcinoma. The thymus gland is ...

One of the most baffling glands in the body is the thymus. It lies just below the neck and behind the top of the breastbone, and in all the centuries that man has been studying physiology ...

Children who were stripped of their Thymus glands during complex heart surgery may be more susceptible to all forms of disease and illness, our investigation has revealed. Scandal-hit Alder Hey ...

Thymic carcinoma, a rare cancer, is often associated with poor prognosis in advanced or recurrent stages. However, its rarity has delayed the development of novel pharmacotherapy. Now, researchers ...

"I don't know what my future is going to hold, but I can play a huge role in that future and that's what I'm trying to do," ...

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It holds your heart and its large vessels, your trachea or windpipe, your esophagus, your thymus gland, and some of your lymph nodes. This surgical procedure can help your doctor look for and ...

Surprisingly, the thymus has been identified as a secondary ... Is thymic PTH secretion, like PTH produced by the parathyroid glands, regulated by extracellular Ca or by hormones involved in ...