X-ray applications withered the gland, and in a few hours the baby breathed normally. Physicians are interested in the theory that thymus abnormality may be a possible cause of the death of ...

The thymus gland, which sits behind your sternum, is often considered to be useless once you reach adulthood. However, it may serve more of a purpose than experts originally thought. Researchers ...

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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, its ...

The thymus glands of the calorie-restricted group “significantly” increased in mass and volume . The researchers zeroed in on the thymus gland, an organ that helps develop T cells, ...

The thymus (orange in this illustration) is an immune system organ that sits between the lungs, right in front of and above the heart. This gland might be more important for adult health than ...

What do the thymus gland, mustard gas and X-ray beams all have in common? It’s not a joke - they are all key components in the history of The Institute of Cancer Research. Over the last year, I’ve ...

This continues throughout a person's life. By the time someone has reached their mid-60s, the thymus is largely inactive. By their mid-70s, the gland has been mostly replaced with fat. This decrease ...

Scientists have mapped the thymus, a gland in the chest that makes disease-fighting white blood cells, across the human life span. This “cell atlas” could help researchers understand how ...

Some common health complaints are easy to ignore or blame on other factors, but not speaking to your GP about these issues could mean missing an early cancer diagnosis. Cancers of the thymus gland ...

April is National Donate Life Month and that's exactly what one family was able to do for Jada. Live organ donation can save many lives and includes not just the thymus gland but also liver and ...