Lymph nodes are small (about 1-2 centimeters around or the size of a couple of AAA batteries side by side) oval or kidney-shaped structures that are a part of your immune system. They're part of your ...

IN the 1908 Christian Herter Lectures at Bellevue Hospital, Starling 1 emphasized the important influence of changes in hepatic interstitial-fluid formation on flow and composition of thoracic-duct ...

Duke University Medical Center researchers may have solved the mystery of why lymph nodes swell when the body fights infection. Their findings may redefine how the immune system functions, they said.

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A new study from researchers at Uppsala University presents novel findings on why human lymph nodes lose their function with age and the consequences for the effectiveness of our immune system. The ...

Researchers have identified how to encourage tumors to build their own immune hubs—structures that look and function like lymph nodes—deep in the middle of cancer. Such immune hubs, known as tertiary ...

If we imagine our immune system to be a police force for our bodies, then previous work has suggested that the Lymph nodes would be the best candidate structures within the body to act as police ...

If we imagine our immune system to be a police force for our bodies, then previous work has suggested that the Lymph nodes would be the best candidate structures within the body to act as police ...