The thymus is located in the chest behind the sternum and plays a key role in the immune system by producing T cells. T cells help protect the body by finding and destroying harmful pathogens like ...

The Greeks believed your thymus was home to your soul. In fact, thymus means “soul” in Greek. While no studies have proved that to be the case, your thymus does play an important role in your immune ...

The first 3D images of a whole human thymus have been created using a specialized X-ray technique by researchers from UCL and the Francis Crick Institute. These highly-intricate images showed that ...

Find out about TECregen's, a Basel-based company developing novel biologics designed to rejuvenate the thymus, “thymopoietics ...