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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Acupuncture is quackery too. At the very least it should not be part of any public health service, or insurance policy, and people gullible enough to go for it should have to pay out of their own pocket.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I used to think the same thing, now I am torn. Are you familiar with the organ that is the interstitium?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do you mean the network of collagen fibers and fluid-filled spaces that underlies the skin and surrounds the gut, muscles, and blood vessels? Calling that an "organ" is a ginormous stretch.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why isn't it an organ?

It makes up 20% of your body weight, that doesn't seem inconsequential. It has signaling functions, and that's just the start of what we know about it. We also discovered it's how cancer can end up so far away after it's undergone metastasis.

A neat Scientific American article about it from discoveries made the last decade for anyone interested.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ok, I'll admit that I learned something today - so that's a win - but did you even read the article you linked?

The researchers are calling this network of fluid-filled spaces an organ—the interstitium. However, this is an unofficial distinction; for a body part to officially become an organ, a consensus would need to develop around the idea as more researchers study it, Theise told Live Science. The presence of these fluid-filled spaces should also be confirmed by other groups, he added."

So, ya know, it's not being called an organ by anyone but this group of researchers...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

I am glad you read it, this subject matter fascinates me.

It's essentially almost like a new discovery from only 5 years ago. I think we are about to learn much more about the different roles this system (organ) plays.

I am not going to debate about whether some groups have declared it an organ or not. I believe it will be in time anyway.

The research surrounding this is interesting because you have so many people jumping into it that some people are simultaneously saying things like "I think this could be a way cancer moves around the body" and another being like "Yeah, I basically proved that already. I am attempting to figure out how to stop it"