Is there a more maligned human anatomic structure than the vermiform appendix? Since Charles Darwin, schoolchildren have learned to disparage it as a useless vestige of evolution with a tendency to ...

Genomic DNA was extracted from tumor and control nonneoplastic tissues after microdissection from 5-μm sections of formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue as described previously (27). LOH of ...

For decades, the appendix has been dismissed as a useless organ — a leftover from human evolution with no real function.

Darrah, L. W. — Assistant Physician, Gardner State Hospital. For record and address of author see "This Week's Issue," page 796.