Publications by authors named "Julia H Smith"
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- The thymic involution process starts shortly after birth and continues throughout life, with notable acceleration after puberty, but its timeline in humans is not well-defined.
- A 96-year-old male’s thymus showed distinct differences between the right and left lobes, with the right lobe remaining well-preserved and the left lobe significantly replaced by fat tissue.
- Advanced testing revealed T-cell populations in the preserved right lobe, suggesting it may continue to contribute to immune responses even in old age, highlighting different regression rates in the thymic lobes.
In the history of public health, HIV/AIDS is unique; it has widespread and long-lasting demographic, social, economic and political impacts. The global response has been unprecedented. AIDS exceptionalism--the idea that the disease requires a response above and beyond "normal" health interventions--began as a Western response to the originally terrifying and lethal nature of the virus.
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