A new organ has been discovered hiding from plain sight inside the human body. It's called the 'mesentery'.
The Highlights to the Discovery.
* J Calvin Coffey, a researcher from the University Hospital Limerick in Ireland, first discovered
that the mesentery was an organ.
* One of the earliest descriptions of the mesentery was made by Leonardo da Vinci and for centuries
it was generally ignored as a type of insignificant attachment of the intestine to the abdomen.
* Over the past century, doctors who studied the mesentery assumed it was a fragmented structure
made of separate sections, which made it pretty unimportant.
* In 2012, Coffey and his colleagues showed through detailed microscopic examinations that the
mesentery is actually a continuous structure.
* Over the past four years, they've gathered further evidence that the mesentery should actually be
a distinct organ and the latest paper makes it official.
The Aftermath.
* It's the beginning of a whole new field of medical science that could improve our health outcomes.
* When approached like any other organ, abdominal diseases can be categorised in terms of this
organ.
* The next step of the researchers is to identify its functions.
In other words, the mesenteric science is in the making!
Tailpiece.
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The Highlights to the Discovery.
* J Calvin Coffey, a researcher from the University Hospital Limerick in Ireland, first discovered
that the mesentery was an organ.
* One of the earliest descriptions of the mesentery was made by Leonardo da Vinci and for centuries
it was generally ignored as a type of insignificant attachment of the intestine to the abdomen.
* Over the past century, doctors who studied the mesentery assumed it was a fragmented structure
made of separate sections, which made it pretty unimportant.
* In 2012, Coffey and his colleagues showed through detailed microscopic examinations that the
mesentery is actually a continuous structure.
* Over the past four years, they've gathered further evidence that the mesentery should actually be
a distinct organ and the latest paper makes it official.
The Aftermath.
* It's the beginning of a whole new field of medical science that could improve our health outcomes.
* When approached like any other organ, abdominal diseases can be categorised in terms of this
organ.
* The next step of the researchers is to identify its functions.
In other words, the mesenteric science is in the making!
Tailpiece.
The Instagram users have an edge. Access to key information for its users, before the others, is its mantra. The network, now owned by Menlo Park, California-based Facebook Inc, was created in 2010 as a mobile app for sharing photos and videos.
Social media in yet another avatar, huh!
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