The trillions of microbes that live on and inside the human body are an important part of who we are, from mediating all our interactions with the environment to determining our cancer risk and influencing who we fall into. And scientists are only now beginning to decipher the kinds of bugs we share our lives with, and how they shape us.
In the second of a three-part Science Weekly miniseries, Madeleine Finlay meets Ina Schuppe Koistinen, associate professor at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, and author of the book Vulva: Facts, Myths and Life-Changing Insights. Ina explains what makes the vaginal microbiome special, why it may hold the key to understanding pregnancy complications, and how we can better care for and protect it.
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