The Wyss Institute at Harvard University announced today that Ropirio Therapeutics, Inc. (Ropirio) has secured a worldwide, exclusive license from Harvard's Office of Technology Development (OTD) and ...

The University of Pennsylvania is getting $7.8 million over the next two years to study an overlooked aspect of human health: the lymphatic system. Often described as the body’s sewer system, its main ...

The human lymphatic system consists of a vast network of vessels that drain protein-rich fluid in tissues and transport it to lymph nodes. When the machinery goes awry and the lymphatic vessels don't ...

Lymphedema is the buildup of fluid in soft body tissues when the lymph system is damaged or blocked. Lymphedema occurs when lymph is not able to flow through the body the way that it should. Now, a 3D ...

It was previously assumed that bones lacked lymphatic vessels, but new research from the MRC Human Immunology Unit at Oxford's MRC Weatherall Institute for Molecular Medicine not only locates them ...