BEHIND your chest wall sits a small fatty gland called the thymus. The blob-like organ was thought to be useless in adults – ...

In childhood, the thymus is known to play a critical role in developing the immune system. When the gland is removed at a ...

It shows how vitamin D deficiency can result in less protection against autoimmune diseases – where the body mistakenly ...

The first 3D images of a whole human thymus have been created using a specialized X-ray technique by researchers from ...

The first 3D images of a whole human thymus have been created using a specialized X-ray technique by researchers from UCL and the Francis Crick Institute.

在这项最新研究中，研究人员利用机体中无法产生维生素D的小鼠来分析维生素D的缺乏影响机体胸腺健康背后的分子机制，他们利用细胞分析和基因测序来观察维生素D的缺乏如何影响宿主机体免疫系统的健康；在未来的研究中，研究人员希望能深入研究揭示维生素D是如何影响机体胸腺健康的，而这是此前研究人员尚未开展的研究。

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A 10-year-old girl will sing live as part of the BBC Children in Need choir for this year's appeal show. Gracie from Loughton ...

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