The Circle of Life: Reshaping Gynecological Health with Live Therapies
The Circle of Life: Reshaping Gynecological Health with Live Therapies
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Feodor Morozov, Jinbi Tian, Khanh Tran, Amy Lee, Ana Jaklenec
Koch Institute at MIT
This self-administered, ring-shaped device delivers pre- and probiotics to help maintain a healthy vaginal microbiome.
A balanced microbiome is critical to reducing uterine diseases and cervical and other gynecological cancers, where lower levels of the probiotic lactobacillus have been shown to increase cancer risk.
This shelf-stable ring can be used even in low resource settings and delivers consistent doses of beneficial bacteria over a period of four weeks to maintain the vaginal microbiome and prevent precancer development.
