A Czech scientist has contributed to understanding the function of the thymus—the training center of the immune system. T lymphocytes, key defensive cells, learn in the thymus not to mistake the ...

We discovered the function of the thymus and made key findings on the function of the two main subsets of lymphocytes, T cells and B cells. This was the fundamental basis for modern immunology.

Longly considered as a cemetery for thymocytes, the thymus is henceforth officially recognized as the central site for self-tolerance establishment through the generation of immunocompetent and ...