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 ...

Your fingers are also packed with coiled nerve endings called Meissner corpuscles, which wrap around support cells in a bulbous tangle. These sensors pick up the faint, minuscule vibrations generated ...

Organs from aborted babies that were particularly sought after, according to the records obtained by Judicial Watch, which included billing documents, were livers and thymus glands, with the ...

If you're unfamiliar with sweetbreads, here's the first thing you need to know: They're neither literally sweet, nor are they a type of bread. Rather, they're a mildly flavored organ meat ...

Thyroid nodules are lumps that occur in the thyroid gland in the front of the throat. There may be no symptoms, but people may feel a bump in the neck. Thyroid nodules can be a sign of iodine ...

Digestion begins even before the food enters the mouth. When a person smells or thinks of food or eating, the salivary glands begin producing saliva. Once the food is inside of the mouth ...

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These hormones are released by your adrenal glands, which sit above your kidneys. In some cases, they also are released from the brain as neurotransmitters. The other major member of the group is ...

For instance, pig hearts, kidneys, and thymus glands have been transplanted into a limited number of human patients for short durations. But experts caution that it may take years before animal ...

What is salivary gland cancer? The salivary glands are comprised of both major and minor glands. The major glands are the bilateral parotid glands, submandibular glands and sublingual glands. The ...

On Page 28 of his very provocative book, The Present Darkness: A history of Nigerian organized crime, (2016), Stephen Ellis, British historian and Africanist, compared Nigerian politics to con ...