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Instructor in the Scadden lab thinking about how to make the thymus and people younger
Everyone talks about thymic epithelial cells when it comes to T cell development. They play a major role — just not the only one. Our new paper in @natbiotech.nature.com shows the mesenchyme has been quietly pulling strings: rdcu.be/eNF24
Mesenchymal thymic niche cells enable regeneration of the adult thymus and T cell immunity
Nature Biotechnology - T cell immunity declines with thymic atrophy, but thymic cell grafts rescue T cell function.
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October 31, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Everyone talks about thymic epithelial cells when it comes to T cell development. They play a major role — just not the only one. Our new paper in @natbiotech.nature.com shows the mesenchyme has been quietly pulling strings: rdcu.be/eNF24