Marcia Frellick March 10, 2025 2135 Key questions remain after the publication of a landmark study in The New England Journal of Medicine that found bacterial vaginosis (BV), which affects nearly a third of women worldwide, can be transmitted sexually. The study findings could shift the treatment focus to both men and women instead of women only. But experts contacted...
Tag: <span>Bacterial Vaginosis</span>
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A breakthrough in bacterial vaginosis treatment for women’s health
by Harvard University Characterization of a microfluidic human vagina-on-a-chip model. A A diagram of a two-channel organ chip viewed from above (left) and a higher magnification micrograph through a cross section of a vagina chip showing a stratified human vaginal epithelial cells cultured in the top channel atop a 50-μm thick porous membrane (dashed lines indicate top...
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Penis microbiota predicts if a man’s female partner will develop bacterial vaginosis
Bacterial vaginosis is triggered by BV-related bacteria present in some men’s penile microbiome FRONTIERS Bacterial Vaginosis (BV) is an infection affecting more than 20% of women worldwide. Caused by a change in the natural balance of the vaginal microbiota, this infection can lead to adverse outcomes in pregnancy as well as more susceptibility to sexually...
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Study shows novel protein plays role in bacterial vaginosis
UArizona College of Medicine — Phoenix study increases understanding of most common bacterial infection in US women UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA HEALTH SCIENCES PHOENIX – Women with bacterial vaginosis exhibit elevated levels of the pro-inflammatory protein, IL-36y, according to a new collaborative study led by the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix. CREDIT: IMAGE COURTESY OF...