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 ...

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 ...

He uses mouse models to study the thymus, the organ in which specialized immune cells called T cells mature. His goal is to apply his findings to develop new therapies to promote immunity in cancer ...