The researchers suspect that intercellular flow could also be a route for delivering nutrients or therapies, either to heal a tissue or eradicate a tumor. "People know there is a lot of fluid between ...

Water makes up around 60% of the human body. More than half of this water is inside the cells that make up organs and tissues, and much of the remaining water flows in the spaces between cells. MIT ...

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Now, MIT engineers have found that this "intercellular" fluid plays a major role in how tissues respond when squeezed, pressed, or physically deformed. Their findings could help scientists understand ...