Newly discovered sensory "organ" may play a painful role

You may think that we've got a pretty good handle on which organs there are in the body by now, but it turns out that the final count is surprisingly contentious. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden claim to have discovered a new sensory organ in the skin that's involved in pain detection and response.

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Category: Biology

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• Karolinska Institutet
• Pain
• Skin

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