The first-ever randomized study of the removal of the thymus gland in treating myasthenia gravis was conducted in 2016. Led by Gil I. Wolfe, SUNY Distinguished Professor and the Irvin and Rosemary ...

The thymus gland—which produces immune T cells before birth and during childhood— is often regarded as nonfunctional in adults, and it's sometimes removed during cardiac surgery for easier access to ...

Thoracoscopic thymectomy may offer quicker recovery and reduced disease severity compared to transsternal thymectomy in myasthenia gravis patients. Left VATS was associated with less severe disease ...

New research challenges the belief that the thymus gland is nonfunctional in adults. Thymectomy during surgery increases the risk of death and cancer. Reduced thymus activity leads to lower T cell ...

The thymus gland is located in the chest behind the breastbone. Its functions include producing white blood cells known as T cells, which aid in immunity. It also contributes to the production of ...

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, its purpose ...