Appendix isn't useless at all: It's a safe house for bacteria

Long denigrated as vestigial or useless, the appendix now appears to have a reason to be – as a “safe house” for the beneficial bacteria living in the human gut.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news111062558.html">Appendix isn't useless at all: It's a safe house for bacteria</a></p> <p>Long denigrated as vestigial or useless, the appendix now appears to have a reason to be – as a “safe house” for the beneficial bacteria living in the human gut.</p>