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> You should read up on the thymus next. That one is super important and is also implicated in aging. That one seems to self-deactivate with age.
by outworlder 5y ago
> You should read up on the thymus next. That one is super important and is also implicated in aging.
That one seems to self-deactivate with age.
- echelon 5y agoIndeed. The thymus is responsible for much of our immune cell production, but it shrivels away to nothing by our elderly years. It's unfortunate, because our responses to immune challenges - including cancer - diminish with age.