Thymosins: chemistry and biological properties in health and disease

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This paper will review the historical background that has generated our present interest in the actions of the thymosins in biological therapy. It will also discuss the multiple actions of the thymosins in the immune, endocrine and central nervous systems. The isolation from the thymus gland of the thymosins, a family of biologically active molecules with hormone-like properties, was first described in 1966 by AL...

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