For decades, the thymus has been regarded as a vestigial organ of childhood, essential for T-cell education early in life, but thought to lose relevance as it involutes into fatty tissue after ...

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. The ...

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. The thymus plays a ...

A baby in North Carolina has received a first-of-its-kind heart transplant that may prevent his body from rejecting the organ without the need for lifelong drugs to suppress the immune system. The ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . An infant believed to be the first to receive a combination heart transplant and allogeneic processed thymus ...