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Researchers Just Found the Appendix Is a 'Safe House' for Beneficial Gut Bacteria With 200 Million Neurons Inside, It's Not Useless

The appendix is a small organ situated between the small and large intestines. For a long time, scientists didn't know its function and deemed it useless. In fact, it was seen as potentially dangerous ...
JD Supra

Patent Appendix That Was Referenced, But Not Incorporated, Is Not Prior Art

In Apple Inc. v. DoDots Licensing Sols. LLC, IPR2023-00939, Paper 12 (PTAB Jan. 3, 2024) (“Decision”), the PTAB clarified what is and what is not part of the prior art, and as such what can be ...
Daily Mail

People who have their appendix removed are THREE TIMES more likely to develop Parkinson's disease, new research warns

People who have their appendices taken out may be at higher risk of developing Parkinson's disease later in life, new research suggests. A Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals ...