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Scientists build whole functioning thymus from human cells
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Scientists build whole functioning thymus from human cells

by  The Francis Crick Institute Credit: CC0 Public Domain Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and University College London have rebuilt a human thymus, an essential organ in the immune system, using human stem cells and a bioengineered scaffold. Their work is an important step towards being able to build artificial thymi which could be used as...