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Nature 441, 942-943 (22 June 2006) | doi:10.1038/441942a; Published online 21 June 2006
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Immunology: A second chance for the thymus
Hans-Reimer Rodewald1
Abstract
Each organ develops at its own time — usually in the embryo. The discovery of progenitor cells that give rise to two structures in the thymus hints that this immune organ can continue to develop after birth.
The thymus is the source of the mature T cells that fight many types of infection. In this issue, two papers1, 2 identify the potential progenitors that enable its development.
- Hans-Reimer Rodewald is in the Department of Immunology, University of Ulm, D-89070 Ulm, Germany.
Email: hans-reimer.rodewald@uni-ulm.de
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