Did you know you have a second circulatory system, in addition to your blood? In fact, your blood relies on it for cleansing, it’s crucial to immune function - and you’re probably neglecting it. But ...

Two new studies from investigators at Mass General Brigham challenge a decades-old assumption that the thymus, an organ best known for its role in establishing immune function in childhood, becomes ...

An important part of maintaining a healthy immune system is an effective lymphatic system, yet almost nowhere is anyone paying specific attention to it. The lymphatic system is the “other” circulatory ...

Doctor Manuel Leal is managing the Experimental Immune Virology Laboratory (in Virgen del Rocío University Hospital and Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBIS), where clinic and basic science ...

The organ in question is not entirely useless, of course. During childhood and adolescence, it serves a very important function. However, after that, it ceases its activity and shrinks. This is why it ...

Two infants with congenital aplasia of the thymus were found to have normal polymorphonuclear-leukocyte function, immunoglobulins and antibody formation. Delayed hypersensitivity, allograft rejection ...