Now it appears that the thymus founds a line of cells that is responsible for the production of antibody Its function has been poorly understood, largely because the gland atrophies after childhood.

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 ...

Deletion of the ‘glial cells missing-2’ gene in mice disrupts development of the parathyroid glands but does not ... Surprisingly, the thymus has been identified as a secondary source of ...

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 ...