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Welcome the Interstitium, the New Organ in the Human Body

The Interstitium could help better understand certain diseases like cancer & why it spreads so quickly in the body

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Do you think you know about all the organs present in the human body? Well, think again!

A new study published in the journal Scientific Reports states that scientists have found a new organ in the human body called the interstitium.

It is a series of ‘fluid-filled compartments’ (which were earlier thought to be connective tissues) under our skin and in the lining of our gut, lungs, blood vessels and muscles.
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