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Cultured thymic fragments

Intervention

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C, W, M, H: cells, worms or flies, mice, humans. Dark: independent labs found the same change there. Light: one lab or one study. Outline: nothing yet.

  • 1 lab in 1 country
  • Animals1

Outcomes

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Immune response

upin mice1

1 study

  1. Cultured thymic fragments improve immune response in mice.

    “Transplantation of F344 rat cultured thymic fragments was able to restore immune function to nude mice.”

    Animalsin nude mice

    Transplantation of cultured thymic fragments: results in nude mice. V. Reconstitution with xenogeneic (rat) thymic tissue

    Scandinavian journal of immunology1 May 1984

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Lifespan

upin mice1

1 study

  1. Cultured thymic fragments extend lifespan in mice (7-8 months).

    “Approximately half of such animals displayed increased lifespan (7-8 months).”

    Animalsin nude mice

    Transplantation of cultured thymic fragments: results in nude mice. V. Reconstitution with xenogeneic (rat) thymic tissue

    Scandinavian journal of immunology1 May 1984

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