The first-ever randomized study of the removal of the thymus gland in treating myasthenia gravis was conducted in 2016. Led by Gil I. Wolfe, SUNY Distinguished Professor and the Irvin and Rosemary ...

.BUFFALO, N.Y. — The first-ever randomized study of the removal of the thymus gland in treating myasthenia gravis was conducted in 2016. Led by Gil I. Wolfe, MD, SUNY Distinguished Professor and the ...

BOSTON – The thymus gland—which produces immune T cells before birth and during childhood— is often regarded as nonfunctional in adults, and it’s sometimes removed during cardiac surgery for easier ...

A thymectomy is a surgical procedure that involves removing the thymus gland. Surgeons perform a thymectomy to treat certain autoimmune diseases and cancers. The thymus is a small gland in the upper ...

Thymectomy is a type of surgery for myasthenia gravis (MG). It involves removing the thymus gland. Modern thymectomy techniques are minimally invasive and can have long-term benefits for symptoms.

Thymomas are typically slow-growing tumors that affect your thymus gland. If one spreads to nearby organs like the lungs and heart, it can make treatment more challenging, but early detection can ...

Many people couldn’t say where their thymus is, or what it does, and even doctors have long considered it expendable in adults. But new Harvard-led research suggests that the walnut-sized organ in the ...