The Secret Longevity Organ
This long-ignored organ in your chest might hold the key to a longer life. 🧬 Here is how AI is unlocking the secrets of the thymus.
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A long-ignored organ in your chest holds the key to human longevity. This crucial gland matures the disease-fighting T-cells of your immune system, but it shrinks surprisingly early.
The decline starts in childhood and accelerates through adulthood. Now, AI analysis of thousands of CT scans has linked thymic health directly to a longer life.
Harvard Medical School scientists found that adults with healthy-looking thymus glands lived longer, Conversely, people who had their thymus removed were 3 times more likely to die within 5 years. They were also twice as likely to develop cancer.
To stop this decline, biotech firm ToleranceBio is developing a critical antibody to halt thymus shrinking, aiming for clinical trials next year.
