Kari Alitalo had studied lymphatic vessels for more than two decades. So he knew that this network, which carries immune cells throughout the body and removes waste and toxins, didn’t extend into the ...

The 2015 discovery of lymphatic vessels in the brain’s meninges threw open a door to seeing how this still-mysterious organ clears waste. Subsequent work showed that these vessels, which reside in the ...

The lymphatic system, often overshadowed by your more celebrated counterparts like the circulatory and respiratory systems, plays a vital role in maintaining the delicate balance of bodily fluids, ...

A new method to keep human lymph node tissue alive and functioning outside the body for several days could give researchers a ...

Defects in the lymphatic system have been linked to a wide range of health consequences, but new findings of how the system works could lead to future therapies. Scientists at the Oklahoma Medical ...

Despite swimming in different worlds, fish and humans are biologically much closer than one might think. Capitalizing on this ...

"We literally watched people's brains drain fluid into these vessels," said Daniel S. Reich, M.D., Ph.D., senior investigator at the NIH's National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke ...