Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo credit: Getty Images If you’ve ever experienced swollen lymph nodes, you know how uncomfortable (and temporarily concerning) ...

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a nanotechnological solution for lymphedema, a failure of the lymphatic system that results in uncomfortable and irreversible fluid ...

Advances in cancer treatment mean more people are living longer after a cancer diagnosis. But some survivors develop ...

Researchers from Kumamoto University (Japan) have clarified the mechanism by which blood and lymph vessels remain segregated from one another after development. The characteristics and structures of ...

The cells that make up the walls of the finest of all lymphatic vessels have a lobate, oak leaf-like shape that makes them particularly resilient to changes in fluid volume. A similar cell shape also ...

Head and neck lymphedema is typically managed with a combination of therapies to help reduce swelling and skin effects. The ...

Scientists investigating the causes of lymphoedema have made a major discovery, revealing that lymphatic vessels can produce red and white blood cells. Until now, it was believed that blood cells ...

While researchers have long been familiar with the surface structure of lymphatic vessels, a groundbreaking study has now focused on their jigsaw puzzle-like pattern. This arrangement helps cells ...

The primary cilium, an antenna-like subcellular structure ('organelle') protruding from the outside of many types of vertebrate cells, has an important but previously overlooked role in guiding the ...

The image shows a lymph node in which cancer cells are marked with yellow. The blue veins are lymphatic vessels. Breast cancer is able to modify the lymphatic vessels through which it travels to the ...

The growth of lymphatic vessels, lymphangiogenesis, has received considerable attention in the last years, due to the identification of proteins specifically expressed on lymphatic vessels and the ...