Scientists discover new human organ, a fluid-filled space called interstitium (abc.net.au) 15 points by ryan-allen 8y ago ↗ HN
[–] SQL2219 8y ago ↗ The following continuous blood glucose monitoring system uses interstitium fluid to measure glucose without blood.https://www.dexcom.com/
[–] ashleyn 8y ago ↗ I'm sitting here wondering, "How did centuries of autopsy miss an entire human organ?" It looks more like they found behaviour of something already known that meets the definition of an organ. [–] truculation 8y ago ↗ Reality is not evident from appearances! Conversely, we found the appendix ages ago; it looked like an organ but it didn't seem to be doing anything.
[–] truculation 8y ago ↗ Reality is not evident from appearances! Conversely, we found the appendix ages ago; it looked like an organ but it didn't seem to be doing anything.
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