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

The second took place days later, with the transplant of a genetically modified pig kidney and the pig's thymus gland -- ...

This understanding could help scientists engineer immune cells outside the body to fight cancer, counter age-related immune decline, or prevent transplant ... studying how thymus samples change ...

Her work on xenogeneic thymic transplantation for tolerance induction ... epithelial cells on human T cell development in a porcine thymus. Dr. Sykes is the Past President of the International ...

A team of international researchers led by scientists at City of Hope, one of the largest and most advanced cancer research and treatment organization ...

Leon Pachter, MD, Professor and chair of the Department of Surgery and director of the NYU Langone Transplant Institute ... the gene-edited pig kidney with thymus into Lisa Pisano’s abdomen ...

There is potential for Tregs and amphiregulin to be used in patients receiving cancer therapies to ameliorate immune function.

Fetal thymus transplantation improved both cellular and humoral immunity. The patient's susceptibility to viral and bacterial infections, proliferative response of T cells and serum Ig ...

Such interventions could be quite valuable for cancer patients who undergo thymus-damaging radiation treatments and/or chemotherapy, including the generally aggressive “conditioning” required before ...

Unfortunately, the thymus is highly susceptible to injury ... especially in the bone marrow transplantation field. “He laid the groundwork over decades that provided us with the models, tools ...