A medical breakthrough--"Vagina on a Chip"
So, we have another major medical development, scientist have now created the world's first ever "vagina on a chip"
News coming coming out of WebMD, on February, 9, 2023 is reporting that Harvard Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering is successful in this creation, which could go a long way to help women who might have lost hope in dealing with some vaginal issues.
It is important to note that this is not the first "organ on chips" - tiny devices , the size of a flash drive- to be developed by the Harvard 's Wyss Institute for Biologically Engineering. They were successful in creating 15 organ chips models, including chips that mimic the the lung, intestine, kidney, and bone marrow.
The Gates Foundation funded this research which grew out of a childhood disease called environmental enteric dysfunction, an intestinal disease most commonly found in low resource nations that is the second leading cause of death in children under 5. The Foundation turned it's attention to newborn health - in particular, the impact of bacterial vaginosis, an imbalance in the virginal's bacteria makeup. Bacterial vaginosis occurs in 1 out of 4 women worldwide and has been linked to premature birth as well as HIV, HPV persistence, and cervical cancer.
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News coming coming out of WebMD, on February, 9, 2023 is reporting that Harvard Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering is successful in this creation, which could go a long way to help women who might have lost hope in dealing with some vaginal issues.
It is important to note that this is not the first "organ on chips" - tiny devices , the size of a flash drive- to be developed by the Harvard 's Wyss Institute for Biologically Engineering. They were successful in creating 15 organ chips models, including chips that mimic the the lung, intestine, kidney, and bone marrow.
The Gates Foundation funded this research which grew out of a childhood disease called environmental enteric dysfunction, an intestinal disease most commonly found in low resource nations that is the second leading cause of death in children under 5. The Foundation turned it's attention to newborn health - in particular, the impact of bacterial vaginosis, an imbalance in the virginal's bacteria makeup. Bacterial vaginosis occurs in 1 out of 4 women worldwide and has been linked to premature birth as well as HIV, HPV persistence, and cervical cancer.
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