Scientists: Appendix Protects Good Germs

October 6, 2007 By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer Scientists: Appendix Protects Good Germs (AP)

Graphic locates the appendix

(AP) -- 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 immunologists at Duke University Medical School, published online in a scientific journal this week.



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  • AllHeart - Oct 06, 2007
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    Recently I'd been pondering the appendix and found that low fibre diet could cause infection. (My appendix was removed when I was a child). Now the question is: how does the immune system compensate for the lack of appendix?

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