The Importance Of The Vaginal Microbiome

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The Importance Of The Vaginal Microbiome

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May 16, 2022

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Today on Short Wave, researcher Fatima Aysha Hussain talks to host Emily Kwong about how microbes in the vagina can impact health and how transplanting vaginal microbiomes from one vagina to another could help people managing bacterial vaginosis. To learn more about the vaginal microbiome transplant study, visit https://motifstudy.org/.

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May 16, 2022

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The Importance Of The Vaginal Microbiome

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