Is Your Appendix Really a Useless Organ?


	Is Your Appendix Really a Useless Organ?

FirstNiche

10-23-2007 8:35 AM

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appendix, duke university, bacteria

FirstNiche says:

Never had mine out but I always figured it had to have a purpose!

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