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  "publishedAt": "2026-04-19T19:14:54.000Z",
  "site": "https://scitechdaily.com",
  "tags": [
    "Health",
    "Aging",
    "Cancer",
    "Immune System",
    "Immunology",
    "Mass General Brigham"
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  "textContent": "A healthy thymus in adults is tied to longer life, reduced disease risk, and improved cancer treatment response. Two new studies from researchers at Mass General Brigham are challenging the long-standing belief that the thymus becomes unimportant after childhood. By using artificial intelligence (AI) to review standard CT scans, scientists found that adults with a [...]",
  "title": "Scientists Say This Overlooked Organ Could Hold the Key to Longer Life"
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