So when he sent me this link, especially on the heels of Mel's post about the hierarchy of disease, I got pretty excited.
A mini reproductive system.
Researchers hope that the synthetic reproductive system will provide another avenue for studying diseases such as cervical cancer, and allow them to test new contraceptives and fertility treatments before being used in people. There is no good animal model for the 28-day human reproductive cycle, says Teresa Woodruff, a reproductive scientist at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois, and a co-author of the study. The artificial system fills an “urgent unmet need for us”, she says.Maybe infertility isn't as uncool as we thought?
THAT is so cool. I love that it was an "urgent unmet need." May it result in better treatments for all things women's health. And how cool to get advance news of biomedical technology via Grey! I love learning about new stuff like that, so cool. Hooray for infertility being more cool and deserving of new research than we thought!
ReplyDeleteFascinating! And I wonder if there may be implications beyond just infertility. Endometriosis, menopause, etc...
ReplyDeleteOh, wow, such a cool technology. Thanks to Grey (and you) for the link!
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