A research team from the Perelman School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Beth Israel Medical Center, and the New York University School of Medicine has identified an interstitial space between organs that functions as a system of liquid surrounded by tissue proteins. The research paper concludes that understanding the functions of these systems can inform research on how cancer cells spread, as well as other diseases. This system is a previously unknown feature of human anatomy.
Rebecca Wells, a professor of Gastroenterology, Bioengineering, and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Penn, who is co-first author of the paper, highlighted the opportunity that understanding this space between organs will have on disease research, as the fluid-filled areas are vectors for movement, with potential impact on the organs they surround.
Read more on this study at Penn Medicine News.
