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A Vaginal Microbiome Transplant Could Help People With BV

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Published
Wed 29 May 2024
Episode Link
https://www.npr.org/2024/05/29/1198910065/vagina-microbiome-bacterial-vaginosis-health

Humans rely on our symbiotic relationship with good microbes—in the gut, the skin and ... the vagina. Fatima Aysha Hussain studies what makes a healthy vaginal microbiome. She talks to host Emily Kwong about her long-term transplant study that asks the question: Can one vagina help another through a microbe donation?

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