The Appendix May Have a Purpose After All

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
A new theory says that the appendix really does have a use – as a “safe house” for beneficial bacteria living in the human gut. Dr. Bill Parker is assistant professor of experimental surgery at Duke University.

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