It’s thymus time, baby! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. The thymus is an organ that produces immune cells during childhood. But it is largely unimportant in adulthood. Or so we thought! Enter Simon Bernatz and team from Mass General Brigham. They wanted to see
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Journey to the center of … YOU?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. To see inside ourselves, we use ultrasound machines! They capture 2D images of our internal organs using sound waves. But this technology is difficult to use for LONG periods of time. It
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Computers always beat me at chess! What ELSE are they better at? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Pathologists discover two hundred thousand cases of lung cancer each year. Diagnosis requires time-consuming lab tests and a trained eye for pictures of lung tissue. Is there
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