Showing posts with label human body. Show all posts
Showing posts with label human body. Show all posts

Friday, December 12, 2025

Would you donate your body to science?

Food for thought! Generally, not a bad idea! However, there are some ethical questions. What about organ harvesting! What about having you die instead of treating your, because your are a body donor? Or bad actors taking advantage of your intent to donate?
I bet in a few years from now, body donations may not be very important anymore to medicine and clinical research thanks to advances in biology and AI.

Tuesday, September 28, 2021

The tubarial salivary glands: A potential new human organ

Who would have thought it is still possible to discover new organs in the human body? It appears from the posted comments with this research article though there are some doubts about this discovery.

"The presence of previously unnoticed bilateral macroscopic salivary gland locations in the human nasopharynx was suspected after visualization by positron emission tomography/computed tomography with prostate-specific membrane antigen ligands (PSMA PET/CT). ...
All 100 patients demonstrated a demarcated bilateral PSMA-positive area (average length 4 cm). Histology and 3D reconstruction confirmed the presence of PSMA-expressing, predominantly mucous glands with multiple draining ducts, predominantly near the torus tubarius. ..."

The tubarial salivary glands: A potential new organ at risk for radiotherapy - PubMed (no public access)