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) ...

The lymphatic system plays a critical role in pathological conditions such as lymphedema and chronic inflammation to tumor ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 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 ...

Scientists have made a breakthrough that could lead to effective treatments for lymphedema, a painful swelling condition for which there is currently no cure. Lymphedema can be congenital or caused by ...

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 ...

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 ...