Immunology
Worm infection reveals cross-talk in the lymph nodes
By studying a worm infection, EPFL scientists have discovered how lymphatic vessels grow within lymph nodes, with major implications for cancer and inflammation.
Aug 28, 2017
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News tagged with lymph vessels
Immunology
Blood-filtering organs fight infections that enter through the skin
New information about how and where the innate immune system fights off viral infections that enter through the skin could lead to better treatments for viruses like Zika, dengue and measles, according to Penn State College ...
Aug 16, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers visualize early melanoma metastasis and identify new targets for treatment
Early detection is particularly important in cutaneous melanoma, the most aggressive type of skin cancer. With a thickness of little more than one millimetre, the tumour may begin to spread, sending its cells to colonise ...
Jun 28, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Study shows nanofiber scaffolds could treat lymphedema by rerouting lymphatic system around blockages
Researchers at the School of Medicine have developed a possible treatment for lymphedema, the severe swelling of an arm or leg that can occur when the lymph system is blocked. Using scaffolding composed of specially patterned ...
Jun 23, 2016
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Medical research
Signpost for sentinel cells
Sentinel cells of the immune system can enter the finest lymphatic capillary vessels present in tissues. Researchers at ETH Zurich have now discovered the molecular signpost that guides these cells in the direction of the ...
Feb 16, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
Skin cancer causing fusion gene identified
Angiosarcoma is a malignant cancer of the endothelial cells of blood or lymphatic vessels. Cutaneous angiosarcoma, a form of skin cancer, commonly occurs on the scalp of elderly people and can rapidly metastasize to the liver, ...
Nov 1, 2015
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Medical research
Flow means 'go' for proper lymph system development
The lymphatic system provides a slow flow of fluid from our organs and tissues into the bloodstream. It returns fluid and proteins that leak from blood vessels, provides passage for immune and inflammatory cells from the ...
Jul 27, 2015
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Medical research
Impact of Type 2 diabetes on lymphatic vessels identified
Approximately 28 million Americans live with Type 2 diabetes, a condition characterized by high blood sugar levels. Until now, the disease's effect on the body's lymphatic vessels has been unknown. A study by University of ...
Jul 14, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Development of new blood vessels not essential to growth of lymph node metastases
While the use of antiangiogenesis drugs that block the growth of new blood vessels can improve the treatment of some cancers, clinical trials of their ability to prevent the development of new metastases have failed. Now ...
Jun 25, 2015
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Medical research
Researchers describe regulatory protein controlling the patterning of the lymphatic system
The lymphatic vasculature is vital for the function of the immune system, but its development is poorly understood in comparison to that of the blood vasculature from which it arises. The vessels that make up the lymphatic ...
Jun 2, 2015
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