They developed diarrhea and died within three weeks. Yet if thymus removal was postponed until the mice were a week or more old, they rarely developed these disorders—and never, if the operation ...

The discovery reveals the role of a growth factor and endothelial cells in thymus repair, and could have implications for chemotherapy and radiation patients’ recovery following treatment. The study’s ...

They found that the thymus – a small organ that trains our immune system – ages faster in these mice, allowing self-attacking immune cells to run rampant. We know the thymus has an important ...

At the time, Professor Miller was researching leukaemia in mice, studying a cancer-causing virus called murine leukaemia virus. Professor Miller found that removing the thymus could prevent leukaemia ...

Researchers at McGill University in Canada studied mice genetically engineered to not produce vitamin d naturally. They found the thymus – the part of our body that trains our immune system ...

Surprisingly, the thymus has been identified as a secondary ... also led to a downregulation of PTH serum levels in Gcm2-deficient mice. On the other hand, the infusion of sodium phosphate ...