Learning the Lymphatic System and Immune Tissues in Histology—A Defense Network Spread Throughout the BodyOur bodies are ...

Our lymphatic system is like a big network of roots spread throughout the body. It serves as part of our immune system, transporting immune cells and filtering excess fluid (lymph) before returning it ...

Alzheimer’s disease has long been framed as a problem of protein misbehavior: amyloid-beta plaques accumulating between neurons and tau tangles clogging them from within. But a growing body of r ...

This illustration depicts a newly identified pathway, an intranodal lympho-venous shunt, within a lymph node that enables lymph fluid to flow directly into a blood vessel. Typically, lymph nodes serve ...

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 ...

As aging bodies decline, the brain loses the ability to cleanse itself of waste, a scenario that scientists think could be contributing to neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease and ...

The findings cement the lymphatic system's role in repair after heart attack and has both theoretical and practical therapeutic implications, according to Edward Thorp, PhD, associate professor of ...