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thymus

[thahy-muhs] / ˈθaɪ məs /


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The thymus also releases cytokines and growth factors that help T cells survive.

From Science Daily • Dec. 29, 2025

By about age 75, the thymus is essentially nonfunctional.

From Science Daily • Dec. 29, 2025

Sakaguchi then isolated mature T-cells from genetically identical mice and injected them into the mice without a thymus, and that appeared to protect them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 6, 2025

A similar study looked at the thymus – a small organ involved in training the immune system.

From BBC • Nov. 20, 2024

Above the oesophagus, on either side, is the thymus rudiment, ty, in this section practically a solid mass of cells instead of a tube.

From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by Reese, C. M.