A Czech scientist has contributed to understanding the function of the thymus—the training center of the immune system. T ...

With $80 million in funding from a list of high-profile backers, the startup is developing bifunctional antibodies that drag ...

The thymus is a small, inconspicuous organ, but it is also vital for a functional immune system. This is because it is the development site of the T-lymphocytes (T-cells), which play a central role in ...

Discovery and development of the first systemic therapeutics to deliver self-antigens directly to the thymus to harness the body’s natural ...

Tolerance Bio, a biopharmaceutical company pioneering innovative approaches to extending healthspan by preserving, restoring, ...

With a new approach to creating thymus-targeted medicines for autoimmune diseases, Zag Bio has emerged from stealth with the ...

Babies destined to die because they were born without a thymus -- the organ that generates immune cells -- can be given lifesaving tissue normally discarded during cardiac surgery on other infants, ...

The thymus gland, which sits behind your sternum, is often considered to be useless once you reach adulthood. However, it may serve more of a purpose than experts originally thought. Researchers have ...

For centuries, the thymus was dismissed as a vestigial organ. But in the 60s, researchers suggested that it was actually very important to T cells. Later work showed how important the thymus is to the ...

For the first time, scientists follow the development of individual immune cells in a living zebrafish embryo. T-cells are the immune system's security force. They seek out pathogens and rogue cells ...