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Have we got the appendix all wrong?

Have we got the appendix all wrong?

Science Weekly vor 1 Jahr

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For a long time the appendix was considered disposable. After all,
millions of people have theirs removed each year and go on to live
healthy lives. But as Heather F Smith, a professor of anatomy at
Midwestern University tells Ian Sample, researchers are
increasingly understanding what this small worm-shaped organ may be
bringing to the table in terms of our health. Smith explains how
the appendix is linked to both our immune system development and
gut health, and why she thinks an increasing interest in the
microbiome may bring it to greater prominence. Help support our
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