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Your appendix might not be useless after all—and new research says it could be an evolutionary secret weapon
For years, the appendix carried a reputation as the body’s most pointless organ. Doctors often removed it without hesitation, and textbooks labeled it a vestigial structure—something our ancestors ...
The lowly appendix may have a purpose after all. New research suggests that the seemingly useless organ provides a safe haven for good bacteria to hang out in the gut. University Medical Center, says ...
Scott Morton, Fiona M., Ariel Dora Stern, and Scott Stern. "Online Appendix to the paper The Impact of the Entry of Biosimilars: Evidence from Europe." ...
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