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 ...

A team of researchers, led by the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity (Doherty Institute), explored the cellular and molecular interactions revealing how lymph nodes play a crucial role ...

The research group of Prof. Sanjiv Luther at the Department of Immunobiology of the University of Lausanne has discovered that a fibroblast subtype is ...

These findings from research into diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) are based on analyses of human patients and a murine model. The immunosuppressive role of fibroblastic reticular cells (FRCs) in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The last time you visited your doctor for a sore throat, they may have felt for potential inflammation in your neck. That’s ...

For the first time, a person has received an experimental treatment to transform one of their lymph nodes into a functioning miniature liver. We won’t know for months whether the therapy works, but if ...

Lymph node metastasis occurs in "metastatic" lymph nodes, lymph nodes that have been infected by cancer from elsewhere in the body. A part of the immune system, lymph nodes are tiny ovals placed ...

Intercalating docetaxel between novel hormone therapies (NHT) abiraterone and enzalutamide in metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC): Does it resensitize patients to the second NHT ...

Usually, swollen chest lymph nodes are too deep in the chest for a person to feel them. Any swollen lymph nodes in the chest appear on imaging scans. Swelling can indicate an underlying condition.