That pleural effusion, a collection of fluid in the chest, doesn’t normally occur with COVID-19, and more testing revealed that Shen had a large thymoma, a rare type of cancerous tumor starting ...

Researchers have demonstrated a way to boost thymic function after damage using a specific type of regulatory T cell.

The human body faces a wide variety of threats from bacteria, viruses, and other dangers, such as cancer. T cells, made by the thymus, fight pathogens and malignancies through direct attack or by ...

Between the lungs and in front of the heart sits a small gland called the thymus that wields incredible power over human health by producing T cells, key components of our immune system. In cancer ...

Carcinoma showing thymus-like differentiation (CASTLE) is a rare type of cancer that primarily affects the thyroid gland but can also occur in other tissues, such as the salivary glands.

Mike Mahoney was diagnosed with Thymoma in 2019, a cancer that affects the thymus gland. He said it started when he thought he'd torn something in his shoulder. "We tried 17 different ways ...

We stained sections of the mass with hematoxylin and eosin and examined them using light microscopy. The mediastinal mass histologically corresponded to a neoplasm composed of lymphoid cells and ...

A third phase 3 trial is running in patients with lung and thymus neuroendocrine tumors, according to the release, as well as a phase 1 pediatric trial in SSTR-positive tumors. ITM is not putting ...

Dr. Jarrod Dudakov studies how the immune system naturally recovers after damage, such as from common cancer therapies like chemotherapy and radiation. He uses mouse models to study the thymus, the ...