Childhood vitamin D deficiency in mice accelerates thymus aging, raising the risk of autoimmune diseases like type 1 diabetes. This research underscores the importance of vitamin D supplements, particularly during winter, for immune health
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McGill
How vitamin D deficiency can lead to autoimmune diseases
As Canadians brace for “vitamin D winter” – months when the sun’s angle is too low to produce the vitamin in the skin – a McGill University study explains why vitamin D deficiency early in life is
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Study finds that the adult thymus may still matter for longevity: in over 27,000 people, an imaging-based thymic-health score was associated with 12-year mortality from cancer, heart disease, metabolic disease and pulmonary disease.
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Nature
Thymic health consequences in adults
Nature - Assessing thymic function and health has highlighted the lifelong importance of the thymus as an organ that could be targeted to improve health outcomes, protect against disease and...