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Your appendix might not be useless after all—and new research says it could be an evolutionary secret weapon

For years, the appendix carried a reputation as the body’s most pointless organ. Doctors often removed it without hesitation, ...
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Researchers Just Found the Appendix Is a 'Safe House' for Beneficial Gut Bacteria With 200 Million Neurons Inside, It's Not Useless

The appendix is a small organ situated between the small and large intestines. For a long time, scientists didn't know its function and deemed it useless. In fact, it was seen as potentially dangerous ...
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YOUR APPENDIX HAS A PURPOSE AFTER ALL

Some scientists think they have figured out the real job of the troublesome and seemingly useless appendix: It produces and protects good germs for your gut. That's the theory from surgeons and ...
The Conversation

Why the appendix is much more important than we once thought

Universidad de Navarra provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation ES. You may have heard that astronauts have their appendix removed before leaving Earth. After all, people say you can ...
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Appendix a 'safe house' for bacteria, study says

WASHINGTON -- Some scientists think they have figured out the real job of the troublesome and seemingly useless appendix: It produces and protects good germs for your gut. That's the theory from ...