Scientists are reporting important roles for the network of connective tissue. Did scientists discover a new organ? The short answer is no, the interstitium is not an "undiscovered organ," but ...

Using a new microscopic technique, a team of scientists has identified a previously unknown human anatomical feature. Dubbed the interstitium, the discovery reveals that what was previously thought to ...

Researchers have found a new organ in the human body that has been "missed for decades." The interstitium was long thought to be a flat, dense area of connective tissue around the lungs, gut, blood ...

Hidden inside every organ, microscopic fibers form a scaffolding that quietly shapes how we move, think, and heal. For the ...

Anatomy books are in need of a major upgrade, argue a team of scientists in a paper published Tuesday in the journal Scientific Reports. They say the body contains a previously undiscovered network of ...

Scientists say they’ve discovered a new organ — possibly the human body’s largest — and it was hiding in plain sight, according to a new study. The so-called interstitium is an interconnected system ...

Amazingly, scientists and doctors have discovered an apparently overlooked part of human anatomy, which may help explain some mysterious occurrences in cancer. Doctors were analyzing human tissue, and ...