Smart Immune’s Path To Unlocking The Underappreciated Thymus

ProTcells Can Be Differentiated In Just Seven Days

French-founded biotech Smart Immune has made significant headway in stimulating the thymus, a small gland with a huge immunological impact which rarely finds itself as a key clinical target. The company is now investigating the impact that two of its ProTcell products in patients with severe combined immunodeficiency and leukemia could have.

Depiction of the thymus
The thymus produces all of the T-cells a person will need before they've even hit puberty • Source: 1200

“The thymus is absolutely instrumental in arming your T-cells to fight viruses and cancers,” said Smart Immune CEO Karine Rossignol. “If they don’t go into the thymus to be educated, they’re not efficient to protect you from cancers and infections. We have created this company to fight against both.”

An often-overlooked aspect of the lymphatic system, the thymus gland sits in the chest between the lungs and makes T-cells....

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