A 2026 study found semaglutide may improve lymphatic pumping. Here's what that reveals about how your lymph system really works.

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 ...

Lymph nodes are small, round organs that are part of the immune system. They filter lymph fluid to remove bacteria and cancer cells and store white blood cells. Lymph nodes are soft, bean-shaped ...

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 ...

The frequent spread of certain cancers to lymph nodes often necessitates surgery or radiation therapy that damages the lymphatic system and can cause lymphedema, a condition of localized fluid ...

Your lymphatic system filters waste, runs your immune defense and has no pump. Here's what doctors say keeps it moving.

Summary: Researchers demonstrated that the success of anti-CTLA-4 immunotherapy against brain tumors does not depend on local ...

The last time you visited your doctor for a sore throat, they may have felt for potential inflammation in your neck. That's because infections often cause swollen lymph nodes (medically known as ...

Researchers report a new way to turn off the harmful immune attack that occurs during autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS), while keeping healthy functions of the immune system intact.

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 ...

Dramatic changes in lymphatic vessel contraction and in the lymph nodes that drain inflamed joints are associated with disease progression and response to therapy in murine models of rheumatoid ...