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Thymus
Thymus: is a small, irregular-shaped gland in the top part of the chest, just under the breastbone and between the lungs. It is located in an area of the body called the mediastinum. The thymus is part of both the lymphatic system and the endocrine system.
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In discovering a new pathway between the spinal cord, adrenal glands, and the immune system, scientists from Charit&eacu ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 27, 2016Immunology
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New Findings Could Be a Step Toward Preventing Autoimmune Disease A new study led by scientists at The Scripps Research ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)FEB 04, 2016Immunology
The body needs regulatory T cells (Tregs) on the sidelines of an immune attack, making sure tempers don’t run too ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 11, 2016Health & Medicine
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SEP 19, 2017
Immunology
In discovering a new pathway between the spinal cord, adrenal glands, and the immune system, scientists from Charit&eacu
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 27, 2016
Immunology
Regulatory T cells (Tregs) step in to mute the immune system after it has mounted a response against whatever foreign in
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 08, 2016
Immunology
The immune system is responsible for training immune cells like T lymphocytes, dendritic cells, and B lymphocytes to do
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 22, 2016
Immunology
Thanks to immune soldiers called T cells, the body is protected from most infections: viral, bacterial, parasitical, or
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 04, 2016
Immunology
Two or more cohabiting individuals are more likely to have similar immune systems compared to the rest of the human popu
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 31, 2016
Immunology
Replacing faulty stem cells in the bone marrow with a transplant is one way to treat some bone cancers, but the immune r
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 09, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
For some patients, bone marrow transplants are one of the few last defenses that could save their lives. But this proced
...
MAY 11, 2016
Immunology
New Findings Could Be a Step Toward Preventing Autoimmune Disease A new study led by scientists at The Scripps Research
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
FEB 04, 2016
Immunology
The body needs regulatory T cells (Tregs) on the sidelines of an immune attack, making sure tempers don’t run too
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 11, 2016
Health & Medicine
Given a choice, most of us would choose to never get sick and live forever. Now, researchers have uncovered how a hormon
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
JUN 26, 2015
Cancer
One reason why cancer is so harmful is that it can trick "checkpoint" proteins found on the immune system's T cells, vir
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 26, 2015
Health & Medicine
Is there really a cancer cure on the horizon? Well a Jamaican scientist, Dr. Lawrence Williams seems to think so! In fac
...
Written By:
Kareem Heslop