Did you know there's a small gland in your chest, often called the "thymus" or the "happiness gland," that plays a crucial ...

One of the most baffling glands in the body is the thymus. It lies just below the neck and behind the top of the breastbone, and in all the centuries that man has been studying physiology ...

The Thymus gland is a central figure of the immune system ... These thymic lymphocytes carry out three defensive functions; first, they stimulate the production and growth of antibodies by other ...

Cancer of the thymus gland is rare. Most cancers that start in the thymus gland are called thymomas. There’s also a much rarer form of thymus gland cancer called thymic carcinoma. The thymus gland is ...

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Deletion of the ‘glial cells missing-2’ gene in mice disrupts development of the parathyroid glands but does not ... Surprisingly, the thymus has been identified as a secondary source of ...