Skip to main content

Vaginal Microbiome Transplantation (VMT) shows promises against Bacterial Vaginosis.

                             Image result for bacterial vaginosis
What is Bacterial vaginosis?
Normally, Lactobacillus species dominated the microbiome community of human Vagina. Bacterial vaginosis is a vaginal inflammation. It occurs when there is disbalance in the bacterial community i.e. when anaerobes dominate the microbiome instead of Lactobacillus species.

Symptoms of BV:
Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is prevalent in women of reproductive age affecting from one-fourth to one-third of women. BV may be associated with the risk of upper genital tract infection, complications of pregnancy and susceptibility to sexually transmitted infections (STDs).

The study:

In this study, five patients suffering from Bacterial vaginosis were recruited. A healthy vaginal fluid for transplantation was collected from the donors. They were then transferred to the patients suffering from BV. All the patients were monitored regularly. Four out of five patients showed long-lasting improvements. The fifth patient showed partial improvements.

What's Next?
This is an initial study which needs further trials. In the future, VMT could be used as a choice of treatment for Bacterial vaginosis. 

References:
1. Vaginal microbiome transplantation in women with intractable bacterial vaginosis. Nature Medicine volume 25, pages1500–1504(2019).

Checked out the top 100 Science Blog of 2019 by Feedspot. Top 100 science Blogs.
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Leave your comment about the post

Our top Stories

Biodegradable burial pod turns your body into a tree.

Bretzel  and Citelli with  Capsula Mundi Model.  Whenever a person dies, it is a burden for the family emotionally and financially. We spend thousands of dollars in funerals paying for the casket, flowers, and monuments. Environmentally, those caskets and monuments left behind an enormous carbon footprint. Recently, many people have begun to embrace the idea of  green burials. People are environmentally more aware and there is a shift from cremation and  the use of wood, the synthetic cushioning and the metals generally  used in traditional coffins  to green burial. Green burial is a method of burying the body in a wooden coffin without a concrete burial vault. The body along with the wooden coffin is degraded easily by the bacteria in the soil. This type of  burial allows the graveyard to return to nature. Nearly 54 percent of Americans are considering green burial and 74 percent of cemeteries are reporting an increased demand for g...
Post a Comment
Read more

Top 10 most revolutionary Nature articles of all time.

Template from Watson and Crick molecular Model, 1953 . Nature is one of the most recognizable and most cited scientific journals of the world with an impact factor of 43 (2018). Nature is edited and published in the United Kingdom by a scientific publishing company Springer Nature. Nature is a weekly journal. Being published in nature is very prestigious. Recently, on 04 November 2019, Nature published the top 10 most influential nature papers of all time. Here is the list with no particular order.   The structure of DNA: On 25 th April 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick announced in Nature that they had elucidated the structure of DNA.  In the early 1950s, the identity of genetic material was still a matter of debate. This discovery of the helical structure of double-stranded DNA settled the matter and change the history of biology forever. The advent and rise of monoclonal antibodies: In 1975, Georges Kohler and Cesar Milstein first report how cell ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Scientist who developed India’s first indigenous vaccine dies at the age of 72.

                           Dr. M.K. Bhan addressing a Press Conference to apprise on the two significant R&D results emanating from DBT support, in New Delhi on May 31, 2012. The scientist who developed India’s first indigenous vaccine dies at 72. He was born in 1947, the year when India got independence and he passes away on 26th January, when India was celebrating its 71st Republic day.  He was destined  to be part of the country’s history. Maharaj Kishan Bhan is an Indian pediatrician and clinical scientist who developed the vaccine for rotavirus, the first indigenous vaccine produced in the country. He was born on 9th  November 1947. He completed his MBBS degree from AFMC, Pune and M.D. Degree from Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh. As a faculty in AIIMS, Delhi he worked extensively on childhood diarrhea and nutrition. Childhood diarrhea  is ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Scientists found two anti-viral drugs which kills novel coronavirus (2019-nCOV).

  The recent outbreak of coronavirus in Wuhan has infected thousands of people, especially in China. As of till now 30,00 confirmed cases have been reported in mainland China. Additionally, imported cases of coronavirus were identified in many other countries including Thailand, Japan, South Korea, United States, Vietnam, Singapore, Nepal, India, France, Australia, and Canada. The cause of the outbreak has been named novel coronavirus (2019- nCoV ). This virus belongs to the same family as SARS-CoV and Middle East respiratory syndrome CoV (MERS-CoV) which cause epidemic and killed many in the early 2000s. The virus is spreading everywhere infecting thousands of innocent people. But there is no drug available for treatment. Scientists around the globe are working their best to develop a drug for the  treatment of infected patients. The quickest solution is to check whether we can treat patients using the drugs that are currently  available for treating ...
Post a Comment
Read more