The interstitium
The NYU-led team says they found a new organ 'interstitium' which hasn’t been identified until now and may even be one of the largest in the body.
The NYU-led team says they found a new organ 'interstitium' which hasn’t been identified until now and may even be one of the largest in the body.
The interstitium is interconnected compartments that act like a series of spaces a highway of moving the fluid. The interstitium has the unfortunate side effect of spreading cancer around the body.
Meet Your 'Interstitium,' A Newfound Organ https://t.co/X2oLz8DHe5 pic.twitter.com/SW2kuwS4pB
— Live Science (@LiveScience) March 27, 2018
According to a study published in Scientific Reports researcher explained:
"Fluid-filled spaces and collagen bundles lined by cells staining for CD34 are seen on histology in multiple organs and tissues, including in the submucosa of the entire digestive tract, the urinary bladder, peribronchial tissue, fascia, and stroma of arteries and veins of all sizes."
While searching for cancer signs in patient's bile duct Mount Sinai Beth Israel Medical Center medics Dr. David Carr-Locke and Dr. Petros Benias came across the interstitium which acts as a shock absorber where tissues are moved or subjected to force. Thirteen patients participate in this study between July 2012 and Dec 2013. The study was conducted with the approval of Mount Sinai Beth Israel Medical Center) Institutional Review Board (IRB).
"This fixation artifact of collapse has made a fluid-filled tissue type throughout the body appear solid in biopsy slides for decades, and our results correct for this to expand the anatomy of most tissues."
The researcher says the discovery of the fluid 'highway' could help to explain how cancer cells can travel through these spaces to attack our lymph nodes and it could have huge implications for future cancer research.
3 researchers have found a new organ—and it was right in front of the whole time.
— Tanya Basu (@tanyabasu) March 27, 2018
Here's the story of their controversial new find, which could give us answers to modern medical mysteries like how cancer tumors spread and how acupuncture works:https://t.co/VhVNyW8vkC
"We have never understood the mechanism of how that happens, Now we have the ability. If we figure out the mechanism, we can figure out how to interfere with it."
The team, led by @neiltheise from @nyuschoolofmed, fought to put this study out. “There’s something new here,” he said. “No one’s ever seen it before, but it’s been there the whole time.”
— Tanya Basu (@tanyabasu) March 27, 2018
"We discovered a new human organ! Comprising the submucosae of all visceral organs, the whole dermis, all perivascular connective tissue, and all fascia Maybe the largest organ by volume (~10 liters). & no one had ever seen it before!"
We discovered a new human organ! Comprising the submucosae of all visceral organs, the whole dermis, all perivascular connective tissue, and all fascia Maybe the largest organ by volume (~10 liters). & noone had ever seen it before! https://t.co/oNRr2YGPKf
— neil theise (@neiltheise) March 27, 2018
"This finding has potential to drive dramatic advances in medicine, including the possibility that the direct sampling of interstitial fluid may become a powerful diagnostic tool."
"Oh great, a new thing to WebMD at midnight."
Oh great, a new thing to WebMD at midnight. https://t.co/lEB3TgGmke
— Tess Malone (@temalone) March 27, 2018
It's 2018 and they've just found a new organ in the human body. Say what? https://t.co/kw3zM9ckTI
— Michael Bhaskar (@michaelbhaskar) March 27, 2018
Hopefully, someday we will also get to meet a human's Heart, undiscovered in most of Homo sapiens ... 😷
— Anju Chandel (@AnjuChandel) March 28, 2018
OMG!!!
— Filip (@Filip07325914) March 28, 2018
If we could cure cancer. Then... Well I don't know. But this will help people who have cancer. Can't believe that they haven't found it before.
Pretty cool. I can't wait for more research to come out on this.
— Sparta9187 (@Jeremia81827769) March 28, 2018
Crazy that it is a new discovery! Fasinating. I can't wait to tell my pupils.
— Jo (@joanneheathflp) March 28, 2018
Dear scientists, Is it too late to change the name into something else? pic.twitter.com/9wxVMXiX6P
— Chhailaidi-a (@aprilwinkie24) March 28, 2018
Amazing... Maybe this discovery can lead to a new treatment for cancer or similar!
— Evelyn Janeidy Arevalo (@JaneidyEve) March 28, 2018
How did they miss this organ before?! Love that this could explain the miracles of acupuncture!
— Misstery 🎼🎤🎹🎸 (@MISSTERYdiva) March 28, 2018
Everything seems to be changing these days with new technology
— Yrag A Rialb (@YRialb) March 28, 2018
could this also help us better understand and figure out how to contain cancer cells and stop it from spreading? 🤔
— Stealthy (@stealtherino) March 28, 2018