[neverdem]

Biofilms in the large bowel suggest an apparent function of the human vermiform appendix

[Psycho_Bunny]

What an interesting idea.

[Marie]

btt

[neverdem]

Adult Stem Cells Aid Fracture Healing; UNC Study Lays Groundwork For Potential Treatments

Bishops' document blasts embryonic stem cell research

New Cellular Mechanism That Will Significantly Advance Vaccine Development Discovered

Strange Spells Dx: POTS

FReepmail me if you want on or off my health and science ping list.Anyone can post any unposted link as they see fit.

[AmericaUnited]

Darwin strikes out again...

[Jagman]

I hate it when they hide in the footnotes, though.

[SunkenCiv]

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[AdmSmith]

It would be rather easy to compare two groups; those with appendix and those that have removed them with respect to intestinal infections etc.

[BibChr]

“Helpful Bacteria May Hide in Appendix”

Yeah, well, *I’m* not going in after them!

[BunnySlippers]

Yakult

[Dustbunny]

Interesting. I have wondered what function the appendix performs. This theory, after it is studied, just might tell us what its function is.