The rising incidence of cancer worldwide has led to an increasing number of surgeries that involve the removal of lymph nodes. Although these procedures play a major role in cancer staging and ...

Scientists with the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC have created an engineered model of the supportive tissue found within a lymph node to study human health. Working with scientists at ...

In a new PNAS study co-authored by Boston University biomedical engineer Dr. Chris Chen, researchers say they're getting closer to understanding the mysteries of lymphedema - a condition characterized ...

Lymphatic system plays a key role in waste clearance, fluid transport and immune surveillance in health and disease. In the brain, A network of lymphatic vessels was discovered on the surface the ...

Effects of concomitant therapies on γδ T-cell responses to zoledronate in patients with advanced prostate cancer. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2014 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This abstract ...

The lymphatic system has long been considered mysterious. But the lymphatic system – and the lymph nodes within it – plays fascinating and important roles in health and disease, from fighting off ...