Lymph Nodes Expand During Disease

Specialized immune cells that patrol the body to spot infections, also trigger the expansion of immune organs called lymph nodes, discovered scientists from CANCER RESEARCH UK and UCL scientists. The study has been published in iNature/i today (Wednesday). The immune system defends the body from infections and can also spot and destroy cancer cells. Lymph nodes are at the heart of this response, but until now it has never been explained how they expand during ...