Over a lifetime, the human body faces a wide variety of threats from bacteria, viruses and other dangers, such as cancer. T cells, made by the thymus, fight pathogens and malignancies through ...

The study, published 20 November in Nature, is part of the international Human Cell Atlas (HCA) initiative to map every cell type in the human body. Insights gained from studying how thymus ...

The thymus gland is in your chest, in between your lungs. A gland is an organ in your body that makes and releases substances such as hormones. The thymus gland is part of our lymphatic system. It’s ...