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Recent hypothesis for the function of the appendix has focused on the possibility that the appendix is a storage site for natural probiotic bacteria. The notion is that after imbalance of the
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Columbia Surgery - The Appendix! What's that? The appendix is a small tube extending off of the cecum at the junction of the large and small intestines. Researchers now believe that the
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