Immune cells called B cells make antibodies that fight off invading bacteria, viruses and other foreign substances. During ...

Immune cells called B cells make antibodies that fight off invading bacteria, viruses and other foreign substances. During ...

New research shows lymph nodes aren’t just cancer bystanders, they’re the command centers fueling immune attacks. Surgically removing them along with tumors may weaken treatment, while preserving them ...

Lymph nodes, hundreds of small structures located throughout the body, play a pivotal role in immunity, including anti-tumor immune responses. White blood cells, also known as lymphocytes, reside in ...

Scientists with the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC have created an engineered model of the supportive tissue found within a lymph node to study human health. Working with scientists at ...

Stage 4 diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is a rapidly growing lymphoma affecting at least one other organ outside the lymphatic system. Cancer is the unusual growth and spread of cells within the ...

However, details of the intervening steps, as researchers have learned in the past 65 years, are quite complex — certain cells carry the flu antigen to the immune system, specific immune cells respond ...