While initially developed to treat people with lymphedema, proponents claim lymphatic drainage massage can reduce cellulite, ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have discovered that some natural killer cells, NK cells, temporarily reside ...

Unless you’ve had cancer or another serious disease, you probably don’t know much about your lymph system ­— a huge network of vessels and organs that plays a major role in keeping us healthy and free ...

Currently, there is little research focused on understanding mechanisms and drug discovery of lymphatic vascular diseases. However, conditions such as lymphedema, a buildup of fluid in the body when ...

The earliest event in lymph node development is the initial clustering of lymphoid-tissue inducer (LTi) cells at the location where lymph nodes will form. Attraction to this location is regulated by ...

Cancer is a challenging enough diagnosis, but many patients are dealt a second blow, even as they heal: "chemo brain." ...

By traveling through the lymphatic system, lung cancer cells are carried to lymph nodes that act as filters for body wastes, ...

New research reveals that chemotherapy may cause “chemo brain” by damaging the brain’s lymphatic system — the network responsible for clearing waste and supporting immune function.

Cell-based therapy has been viewed as a promising alternative to organ transplantation, but cell transplantation aimed at organ repair is not always possible. Here we show that the mouse lymph node ...