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All the things you wanted to know about your genitals but were too afraid to ask.
As it debunks old myths and uncovers previously ignored facts, science is finding that the vagina is both complex and busy.
The complex and fascinating community of ‘bugs’ that live in the vagina have just been linked to a groundbreaking new test to identify the risk of preterm birth.
Microbes in the gut aren’t just important for digesting your food. In pregnant women, these gut microbes are producing chemicals that are essential for proper brain development of the fetus.
Newborn babies can pick up GBS from their mother’s vaginal tract during childbirth.
For your 2020 New Year’s resolutions, think about keeping the microbes that live inside your gut healthy. Look after them and they’ll look after you.
Just like the gut, the skin and the mouth, the eye also has a collection of microbes that keep it healthy. Understanding the eye microbiome may lead to new probiotic therapies.
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Postdoctoral Scholar of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles
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Researcher, Midwife, Nurse, UNSW Microbiome Research Centre, UNSW Sydney
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Spence Professor of Sustainable Environmental Systems and the Director of the Institute for a Sustainable Environment, Clarkson University
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Doctor Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust, University of Liverpool
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Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Midwifery, Associate Dean Research and HDR, Midwifery Discipline Leader, Western Sydney University
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Gynaecological Surgeon and Sonologist, McMaster University; Adjunct Lecturer, University of Adelaide, University of Sydney
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