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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, ...
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Your appendix is not, in fact, useless. This anatomy professor explains

It was the first day of spring break in 1992 in Phoenix, and 12-year-old Heather Smith was excited for her family's upcoming ski trip. But before Smith and her family had even packed their snow pants, ...
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Patient-specific Organoid Models Appendix Cancer Treatment

Scientists at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) have recently developed a process that may change the way cancer of the appendix is treated in the future. Researchers at ...