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New Delhi, Mar 30 (ANI): A group of scientists have discovered a new ‘organ’ and it might be the largest one in the human body. Interstitium, which was thought to be widespread between the ...

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Researchers have discovered a new view of the interstitium, a series of fluid-filled spaces in the body. They’re suggesting that it may qualify as a full-fledged organ.

And they’re leveling-up to print actual human tissue that can be used to customize cancer treatments, learn about disease and eventually provide new organs to people who need them.

Sometimes what appears to be a new structure or organ in the body has been characterized decades or even centuries before, albeit with less sophisticated careful techniques.