The age-related decline of the immune system has several causes, but the involution of the thymus is an important one. The thymus is responsible for the production of mature T cells of the adaptive immune system, but the organ atrophies with age. The supply of new T cells falls off dramatically in later life, and...
A team from the University of California, Los Angeles has successfully used an artificial thymus to turn blood stem cells into T cells. The UCLA researchers created the artificial organoid as a useful tool in reducing the time and cost of T cell immunotherapy for patients with a low count of white blood cells. Located...
