This photo provided by Duke Health shows thymus tissue for transplant to a pediatric heart patient on Aug. 16, 2021 at Duke University Hospital in Durham, N.C. Duke University doctors say the baby ...

Artificial thymus tissue enables maturation of immune cells Date: March 29, 2012 Source: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Summary: The thymus plays a key role in the body's immune response.

An infant believed to be the first to receive a combination heart transplant and allogeneic processed thymus tissue implant is gaining immune function 6 months after the procedures, potentially ...

Artificial thymus tissue enables maturation of immune cells 4 signalling substances control the transformation of T cells Peer-Reviewed Publication ...

A pediatric surgery team at Duke University successfully performed a heart transplant and a thymus tissue transplant from the same donor. By transplanting both, the odds of rejection may be reduced.

Tests taken 172 days after the transplant show that the thymus tissue is working to produce immune cells known as T-cells in Easton's body, according to Duke University.

The North Carolina boy received a heart transplant last year with tissue from another organ -- one that plays a huge role in the immune system. Easton Sinnamon of Asheboro, ...

DURHAM, N.C. — Duke University doctors say a baby is thriving after a first-of-its-kind heart transplant -- one that came with a bonus technique to try to help prevent rejection of the new organ ...

DURHAM, N.C. — Duke University doctors say a baby is thriving after a first-of-its-kind heart transplant -- one that came with a bonus technique to try to help prevent rejection of the new organ ...