Thymus transplant could save babies, study finds.(researchers find that babies born without a thymus might live with transplantation)(Brief Article)

Transplant News | August 11, 2003 | Copyright

Babies born without a thymus, an essential component of the immune system, could have a chance at life through transplantation using tissue normally discarded during cardiac surgery on other infants, said US and French researchers.

Between 5 and 10 children are born in the United States each year without a thymus gland, the organ that programs T-cells to recognize and attack invaders, such as bacteria and viruses. Without this gland, the children cannot develop an immune system, and they inevitably die.

Teams at Duke University Medical ...

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