The Power of the Vaginal Microbiome: Why 5,000 Women Are Signing Up in Droves for Isala
Well, your vagina is home to millions of bacteria that play a crucial role in your health. They’re incredibly important for protecting you against infections, urinary tract infections, STIs, … and we suspect they also play a major role in fertility and healthy pregnancies. But… we don’t know for sure. That’s because, until now, scientific research has often been a male-dominated field, so there’s been little interest in the vaginal microbiome. Isala wants to change that.
That’s why we put out a call to find 200 women who would be willing to take a few simple swabs from their vagina, skin, and saliva in the privacy of their own bathrooms. We were looking for 200 women, but we found more than 5,000. Wow!
Read more at isala.be.
