It turns out the appendix isnt usless afterall

Frumundah Finnatic · Aug 25, 2009

http://news.aol.com/health/article/...icle/researchers-say-appendix-has-uses/637211

The vermiform appendix is a slimy dead-end sac that hangs between the small and large intestines. No less than Charles Darwin first suggested that the appendix was a vestigial organ from an ancestor that ate leaves, theorizing that it was the evolutionary remains of a larger structure, called a cecum, which once was used by now-extinct predecessors for digesting food.
"Everybody likely knows at least one person who had to get their appendix taken out — slightly more than 1 in 20 people do — and they see there are no ill effects, and this suggests that you don't need it," Parker said.
However, Parker and his colleagues recently suggested that the appendix still served as a vital safehouse where good bacteria could lie in wait until they were needed to repopulate the gut after a nasty case of diarrhea. Past studies had also found the appendix can help make, direct and train white blood cells
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opfinistic · Aug 25, 2009

Eshlemon · Aug 26, 2009

I want my appendix back!

daphins · Aug 26, 2009

****....

Muck · Aug 27, 2009

I've also read that it has an effect on cancer (i.e. prevention).

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