MicroVagina

avatar
(Edited)

B404ACD7-C5CC-4E37-96662822E3CB8573_source.jpgsource

"First ‘Vagina-on-a-Chip’ Will Help Researchers Test Drugs"

This a funny headline I stumbled upon today that I didn't know what to expect 😂

A microchip with a microvagina? A vagina small as a chip? A vagina with a microchip?

Well, turns out it refers to a small device that's supposed to recreate the microbiome of the human pussy vagina.

Apparently, real pussy in laboratory settings doesn't come by easily, and animal pussy isn't a good candidate either since the microbiome is totally different.

There is no human model that faithfully reproduces the vaginal epithelial microenvironment for preclinical validation of potential therapeutics or testing hypotheses about vaginal epithelium-microbiome interactions.

And who is better to solve this problem other than a bunch of geeky virgins scientists from Harvard University.

So, last year a research team from that University published a paper where they describe how they developed a unique microchip that contains live human vaginal tissue from a donor to simulate the environment of the real thing. The chip is rectangular and one inch long so I guess it's pretty tight 😊

Here, we describe an organ-on-a-chip (organ chip) microfluidic culture model of the human vaginal mucosa (vagina chip) that is lined by hormone-sensitive, primary vaginal epithelium interfaced with underlying stromal fibroblasts, which sustains a low physiological oxygen concentration in the epithelial lumen.

Supposedly, it will come handy to study vaginal diseases like bacterial vaginosis and HPV, and to even give experimental drugs a first try before moving to the real thing.

This study demonstrates the potential of applying human organ chip technology to create a preclinical model of the human vaginal mucosa that can be used to better understand interactions between the vaginal microbiome and host tissues, as well as to evaluate the safety and efficacy of live biotherapeutics products.

Anyways, this was a fun and interesting read. Here's a direct link to the actual paper (where all the quoted text is from) and here's a link to ScientificAmerian with a dumbed down article on the matter.

Enjoy 😂

Posted with STEMGeeks



0
0
0.000
33 comments
avatar

pixresteemer_incognito_angel_mini.png
Bang, I did it again... I just rehived your post!
Week 147 of my contest just started...you can now check the winners of the previous week!
!BEER
9

0
0
0.000
avatar

Haha... This is funny, interesting, and educative at the same time. Absolutely made for a great cause.

0
0
0.000
avatar

Yes! It's funny but maybe useful

0
0
0.000
avatar

Definitely for good use. Thanks for sharing.

0
0
0.000
avatar

It's quite realistic. To initiate the testing on a microchip is so awesome !

0
0
0.000
avatar

Well.... that's something I didn't expect to read today.

0
0
0.000
avatar

!PIMP

0
0
0.000
avatar

That’s some far out shit. What do a bunch of computer/scientist nerds know about vaginas….

0
0
0.000
avatar

Well, probably more than you! 🤣

0
0
0.000
avatar

I wonder why pussy is not that easy to come by in a laboratory lol. I am not surprised as I wouldn't volunteer my pecker to be poked and prodded by men in white coats.

0
0
0.000
avatar

Waooo cada día quedo yo sorprendido con tantos y tantos inventos puros juguetes nuevos.

0
0
0.000