How does an embryonic heart know when to stop growing? For decades, developmental biologists have puzzled over the mechanisms ...

Mitochondria play a key role in the formation of the lymphatic vasculature, according to a study published in Science Advances. The organelle controls a key autoregulatory feedback loop operating ...

Lymphangiogenesis refers to the formation and remodeling of lymphatic vessels (a network of thin tubes that carry lymph in the lymphatic system), and it supports the transport of molecules and immune ...

Researchers from Kumamoto University (Japan) have clarified the mechanism by which blood and lymph vessels remain segregated from one another after development. The characteristics and structures of ...

Four studies identify alternative origins for cells of the developing lymphatic system, challenging the long-standing view that they all come from veins. Long-term GLP-1 exposure drives ...

Melanie D. Sweeney is in the Department of Physiology and Neuroscience and at the Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California ...