Emerging research suggests that even mild hits to the head may damage tiny lymphatic vessels that clear toxic chemicals and ...

With the new study, researchers used a mouse model of breast cancer to examine changes in blood and lymph vessels in and around the tumor, as well as in nearby lymph nodes. Scientists found blood ...

The cells that make up the walls of the finest of all lymphatic vessels have a lobate, oak leaf-like shape that makes them ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. The lymphatic system is a network of branching vessels that regulate fluid balance and support the immune system. Its smallest capillaries, ...

To confirm that the tubes were not blood vessels, the scientists sacrificed the mice and removed their meninges, which they then stained with fluorescent molecules that bind to lymphatic cells ...