Many of the most exciting discoveries in all fields of science are being played out in the human body.
1 APPENDIX TO LIFE
The appendix gets a bad press. It is usually treated as a body part
that lost its function millions of years ago. All it seems to do is
occasionally get infected and cause appendicitis. Yet recently it has
been discovered that the appendix is very useful to the bacteria
that help your digestive system function. They use it to get respite
from the strain of the frenzied activity of the gut, somewhere to breed
and help keep the gut's bacterial inhabitants topped up. So treat your
appendix with respect.
For the rest of the story: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2013/jan/27/20-human-body-facts-science?CMP=twt_gu
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