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Lymphatic system:  Unlocking the drains

Phyllida Brown1

  1. Phyllida Brown is a science writer based in Exeter.

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After centuries of playing second fiddle to the blood system, our lymphatic circulation is coming into its own as a key player in diseases ranging from cancer to asthma. Phyllida Brown reports.

Sometimes it's hard to be a scientist. Just five years ago, Mihaela Skobe, a molecular biologist now at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, and her team were struggling to publish their work on the lymphatic system.

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