thymus
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One ongoing study is examining whether unintended radiation exposure to the thymus during lung cancer treatment could affect patient outcomes.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 1, 2026
The thymus also releases cytokines and growth factors that help T cells survive.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 29, 2025
Other researchers are investigating whether transplanted stem cells could help regrow functional thymus tissue.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 29, 2025
They asked whether the body could be prompted to create a temporary "factory" that produces the same T cell stimulating signals typically made by the thymus.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 29, 2025
The term thymic asthma has been applied to another form of disturbed respiration due to a large thymus, which comes on suddenly in infants otherwise apparently healthy.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
Two new studies found that adults with healthier thymuses were more likely to live longer and less likely to develop serious diseases.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 1, 2026
The results showed that patients with healthier thymuses tended to respond better to treatment.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 1, 2026
To cross-check his findings, Dr. Miller took some newborn mice, removed their thymuses, and a week later grafted in new thymuses from mice of a different strain.
From Time Magazine Archive
From some newborn mice he cut out the pinhead-size thymuses.
From Time Magazine Archive
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