Rare appendix cancers are on the rise in Gen-Xers and millennials likely due to genetic and environmental factors Learn about ...

Microbiome changes in the appendix The team collected tissue samples of the appendix from people with Parkinson’s disease and a control group of people without the condition. Although many ...

But the appendix is enjoying a renaissance lately, along with its associated microbes. The appendix, it turns out, has a legitimate job: recovery from dramatic damage to the gut microbiome.