Myasthenia gravis treatment aims to minimize the effects of muscle weakness due to an immune process. It includes medications ...

BEHIND your chest wall sits a small fatty gland called the thymus. The blob-like organ was thought to be useless in adults – ...

In childhood, the thymus is known to play a critical role in developing the immune system. When the gland is removed at a ...

Myasthenia gravis (MG) should be subgrouped into early ... Early thymectomy is recommended for thymoma MG. All thymus tissue needs to be removed surgically. Intensive care and ventilatory support ...

Coërs, C., and Woolf, A. L., C. R. Cong. Médicins Aliénistes et Neurologistes, Liége, July 19–26, 1954; The Innervation of Muscle, 101 (Blackwell, Oxford, 1959).

SAVANNAH, Ga. — Should patients with myasthenia gravis (MG) continue to undergo the traditional therapy of immunosuppression with drugs like corticosteroids and nonsteroidal agents? Or is it ...

The first 3D images of a whole human thymus have been created using a specialized X-ray technique by researchers from University College London (UCL) and the Francis Crick Institute. The highly ...

Thymus Transplants, Autoimmunity, Thymic organoids, Myasthenia Gravis Important Note: All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are ...

CNP-106 has demonstrated a unique ability to induce tolerance to acetylcholine receptor (AChR), leading to improved muscle function in an experimental model of autoimmune myasthenia gravis.

As gMG progresses, it may lead to serious health issues, such as myasthenic crisis, tumors of the thymus gland, thyroid imbalances ... multicenter clinical study in Myasthenia Gravis and developing a ...

Recent results from the artificial thymus organoid program showed that fibroblasts and thymus-derived cell organoids can persist and function for over 50 days post-transplantation, with ...