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Toronto researchers discover novel circulation in human eye, new glaucoma treatment target

For over a century, the eye has been considered to lack lymphatics, a circulation responsible for pumping fluid and waste out of tissues. The inability to clear that fluid from the eye is linked to gl...

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Gene linked to increasingly common type of blood cancer

California and Arizona researchers have identified a gene variant that carries nearly twice the risk of developing an increasingly common type of blood cancer, according to a study published online to...

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Knocking the 'sox' off cancer and lymphatic disorders

The team, led by Professor Peter Koopman and Dr Mathias François from the Institute for Molecular Bioscience at The University of Queensland (UQ), found that a single gene - Sox18 - triggers the devel...

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Defective lymphatic vessels identified as a novel cause of adult-onset obesity

Laboratory model missing one copy of Prox1 gene exhibits abnormal increase in fat accumulation around sites of lymph leakage from defective lymphatic vessels, according to St. Jude ...

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Tadpole soon to help in the fight against cancer and lymphedema

Lymph circulates in our bodies through a complex network of lymphatic vessels, of which little is known. This network is, however, of major importance for the support of the immune system and...

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New therapy for specific form of leukemia

Leukemia, or cancer of the bone marrow, strikes some 700 Belgians each year. Medical science has been at a total loss regarding the origin or cause of some forms of this disease − includ...

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Breakthrough in understanding of hereditary disease of lymphatic vessels

A study from the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research (LICR) Affiliate Center at the University of Helsinki in Finland has shed light on the development of lymphatic vasculature and valves,...

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Cancer cells can compress blood vessels, block entry of drugs

MGH studies add to understanding of tumor physiology, suggest treatment strategies A growing tumor needs an increased blood supply for its proliferating cells. But the implicati...

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Robotic surgery for young heart patients shortens hospital stay and speeds recovery, study indicates

Operation time somewhat longer, but benefits seen In the first-ever direct comparison of robot-assisted and traditional surgery for children’s heart defects, University of ...

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Novel Discoveries Leading To Targeted Treatment Of Lymphatic Diseases

A gene responsible for lymphatic vessel formation Novel discoveries at the University of Helsinki, Finland, about the development of the lymphatic network may help researchers t...

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