Section through a Developing Human Thymus, Zooming down into Cellular Detail (VIDEO)

Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute

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A first cell atlas of the human thymus gland mapped thymus tissue through the human lifespan to understand how it develops and makes vital immune cells called T cells. Here is a section through the developing human thymus, zooming down into cellular detail.

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Kenny Roberts, Bayraktar lab: Wellcome Sanger Institute

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