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A Vaginal Microbiome Transplant Could Help People With BV

A Vaginal Microbiome Transplant Could Help People With BV


Episode 1068


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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