The thymus and the hypothalamus express PTH mRNA, making these organs potential auxiliary sources of PTH (ref. 1). Removal of the thymus in addition to the parathyroid glands caused mice to die ...

It was an ordinary day at football training when the 13-year-old from Collie, Western Australia, felt early signs of the thymoma — a tumour that develops on the thymus gland.

William Brogan, 47, from Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, believes that if doctors had taken his symptoms more seriously the ...

Like a character straight out of a Carry On film, the Turkish butcher leaned forward, looked my partner in the eye, and, with ...

Veronica shares the story of her 29-year-old son who fought lung cancer, and how it has inspired her advocacy.

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January 26, 2001 - Alder Hey admits having given thymus glands removed from living children during heart operations to a pharmaceutical company in return for cash. Families say they are "appalled".

Birmingham has a very strong history of immunology research going back 30 years, and with one of the greatest concentrations of scientists and doctors in the world is well positioned to make a ...

A model developed by LMU biophysicists demonstrates how biological processes form the convoluted internal architecture of the ...