vaginal microbiota
If maternal-child microbial seeding improves health outcomes, it may be a public health strategy that could reduce the prevalence of C-section-associated diseases.
Restoring a baby’s natural exposure to maternal vaginal microbes after a C-section birth can normalize the development of the microbiota in newborn.
The findings suggest that delivery mode, rather than birth canal exposure, has a strong influence on the composition of the infant microbiota.
Researchers have found that alterations of the vaginal microbiota are associated with the success of in-vitro fertilization.
Researchers have identified potential microbial markers that could identify women with HPV infection at risk for progression to cervical cancer.
Vaginal microbiome or vaginoma: the gynaecologist Franco Vicariotto, of Humanitas San Pio X in Milan, discusses this topic in our instant book.
Researchers have found an antimicrobial molecule produced by the gut microbiota that can fight multidrug-resistant bacteria.
Transplanting vaginal fluids from one woman to another could restore the bacterial microbiota and help treat severe cases of a common vaginal inflammation.
The vaginal microbiota can reduce a woman’s susceptibility to Chlamydia infections. A new study could lead to new strategies against STIs.
Scientists have discovered thousands of small proteins, which had not been identified previously. The findings, published in Cell, could help drug development.
