Image of Developing Human Thymus Gland (IMAGE)

Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute

Image of Developing Human Thymus Gland

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A first cell atlas of the human thymus gland has 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 a developing human thymus. The scale bar represents 1 mm.

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Kenny Roberts, Bayraktar lab: Wellcome Sanger Institute

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