The mediastinum is a distinct space between the two lungs and contains the heart, great vessels, esophagus, trachea and the thymus and chest lymph nodes. Both blunt and penetrating trauma ...

We discovered the function of the thymus and made key findings on the function of the two main subsets of lymphocytes, T cells and B cells. This was the fundamental basis for modern immunology.

With certain organs yet to develop and a very large thymus that becomes smaller with age, we do not experience any intimate sensation, and our responses to truth or lie are very primitive.

Lymphoma is a cancer of the lymphoid tissue, which includes both cells and organs. It affects the same organs of the lymphatic system (thymus, bone marrow, lymph nodes, spleen). But it also can affect ...