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 ...

Jennifer Munson of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC is one of a small number of investigators in the emerging field of fluid flow research in biomedicine, including cancer. Photo ...

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 ...

These images use color markers—blue for nuclei, red for cell membranes, and green for fluid—to show that spaces between cells shrink as fluid moves out during tissue compression, from left to right ...

Water makes up around 60 percent of the human body. More than half of this water sloshes around inside the cells that make up organs and tissues. Much of the remaining water flows in the nooks and ...

The glymphatic system enables the cerebrospinal fluid that surrounds the brain to enter perivascular spaces alongside arteries. Cerebrospinal fluid can then mix with the interstitial fluid that ...