News reports have suggested that this interstitium could represent a widespread organ in the body, whose connections with the lymphatic system might be involved in cancer metastasis. While researchers ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. The discovery of the interstitium in 2018 made waves, with many questioning whether scientists had discovered a new organ. 1 “It's actually not ...

A newfound organ, the interstitium, is seen here beneath the top layer of skin, but is also in tissue layers lining the gut, lungs, blood vessels, and muscles. The organ is a body-wide network of ...

or most often outright disregarded by Western doctors. The interstitium is fractal, made up of tiny tubes creating a larger organ that mimics itself as you zoom out, weaving a connected network ...