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Doctors have long considered the thymus expendable. But could removing it be fatal?
The thymus, a butterfly-shaped organ that sits between our collarbones, has never seemed like a particularly useful appendage—at least in adults. During early childhood, it provides a place for T cells (the T stands for thymus) to mature into immune cells that attack invaders. But during adolescence the organ begins to shrink and mostly stops producing these cells. By adulthood, it’s assumed to be so useless that cardiac surgeons will occasionally remove it just to get easier access to the heart.
But researchers have recently started to question that assumption, and a study published today in
The New England Jo...
Source: ScienceNOW - August 2, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Research Studies: The Challenge of Creating More Diverse Cohorts
This reporting project was funded through a grant provided by the Reporting Award at New York University’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute.
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Citation: Konkel L. 2015. Racial and ethnic disparities in research studies: the challenge of creating more diverse cohorts. Environ Health Perspect 123:A297–A302; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.123-A297
Published: 1 December 2015
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Minority populations are much less likely than their white counterparts to be included in studies on environmentally related diseases, even t...
Source: EHP Research - December 1, 2015 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Web Admin Tags: Featured News Spheres of Influence December 2015 Source Type: research
