Vaginal-fluid transplants treat incurable condition in pilot study

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Vaginal-fluid transplants appeared to successfully treat devastating vaginal conditions that had failed all other treatments options, according to a small pilot study published this week in Nature Medicine.

The study comes amid a gush of enthusiasm for the transplants, often dubbed vaginal microbiota transplants (VMTs). Though researchers are only now getting down to investigating their potential, many are optimistic that the microbe-toting fluid swaps will prove broadly successful at treating swaths of conditions in more rigorous trials.

In a recent conceptual study on screening potential fluid donors, Johns Hopkins researchers suggested that the transplants could "revolutionize the way we view and treat conditions affecting the female reproductive tract."

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