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

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 ...

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 ...

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

Scrotal lymphedema occurs when you have a blockage in the lymphatic vessels in your scrotum. Your scrotum is the sac beneath your penis that holds your testicles, which make sperm. Scrotal lymphedema ...

The research group of prof. Sanjiv Luther at the department of immunobiology of the University of Lausanne has discovered ...

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 ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Advances in cancer treatment mean more people are living longer after a cancer diagnosis. But some survivors develop lymphedema—long-term swelling in the arms, hands, legs or feet ...