For decades, the lymphatic system that removes waste and transports white blood cells around the body was considered absent from the mammalian brain. Then in 2015, groups in Finland and the United ...

The brain's lymphatic vessels appear to carry previously unknown messages from the brain to the immune system that ultimately cause the disease symptoms. Blocking those messages may offer doctors a ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Lymphatic system plays a key role in waste clearance, fluid transport and immune surveillance in health and disease. In the brain, A network of lymphatic vessels was discovered on the surface the ...

Scientists at the University of Virginia (UVA) School of Medicine suggest that lymphatic vessels that clean the brain of harmful material may play a crucial role in the development and progression of ...

Researchers identified a protein called VE-cadherin as a key factor in the maintenance of lymphatic vessels serving the heart. Deleting VE-cadherin from the lymphatic vessels in newborn and adult lab ...

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 ...

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A new study from researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison offers a first-of-its-kind visual of a non-mammal species' adaptive immune system in action. The advance holds potential ...