This project consists of participating in a discussion board with members of a team assigned randomly.
The discussion will be based on the paper “Structure and Distribution of an Unrecognized Interstitium in Human Tissues”, published in the journal Nature in September 2018. The article can be found at Structure and Distribution of an Unrecognized Interstitium in Human Tissues.
Part I. After reading the paper, participate in the discussion by answering one of the following prompts:
1. Summarize the methods and findings in the article in your own words, and suggest ways in which the findings could be confirmed. Explain why you chose these ways to confirm the findings.
2. Should the interstitium described in the paper be recognized as a tissue? Explain your reasoning. Use the definition of tissue to support your point of view.
3. You have studied histology of human tissues, and you will continue to do so as you study more organ systems. If researchers completed more experiments like the one in the article, would our knowledge of histology be changed? Explain why.
The due date to participate in this discussion is May 1, 2023. The grading rubric can be found on the following page.