The lymphatic system is part of the human immune system. It’s a collection of tissues and vessels that move a fluid called lymph throughout the body. A lymphatic drainage massag ...

Lymphoid tissues are organized structures that support immune responses. The bone marrow and thymus are primary lymphoid tissues and the sites of lymphocyte development. The lymph nodes, spleen, ...

Scrapie is a transmissible, degenerative and ultimately fatal disease of the nervous system of sheep. The cause of the disease is a prion protein, and absorption from the intestine is assumed to be ...

“It’s really nice to have this in the human and across all of these different tissues. [The authors] confirm many of the things that were established in different models,” said Janko Nikolich-Zugich, ...

The rising incidence of cancer worldwide has led to an increasing number of surgeries that involve the removal of lymph nodes. Although these procedures play a major role in cancer staging and ...

A new study shows that molecular analysis of a very small tissue sample can identify hidden melanoma metastases in lymph nodes. The presence of melanoma in the lymph nodes is the single most important ...

B-cell lymphoma is a cancer that forms in white blood cells called lymphocytes. These cells are made by your bone marrow and play an important role in your body's ability to fight infections. These ...

What Is Marginal Zone Lymphoma? Marginal zone lymphoma (MZL) isn’t one disease, but a group of rare, slow-growing blood cancers. They’re known as non-Hodgkin lymphomas because they start in your ...

Effects of concomitant therapies on γδ T-cell responses to zoledronate in patients with advanced prostate cancer. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2014 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This abstract ...

The passage of time may be linear, but the course of human aging is not. Rather than a gradual transition, your life staggers ...