Includes technologies from the women’s and reproductive health spaces including infertility, contraception, gynecological disorders as well as female-specific cancers like ovarian, uterine, and breast.
Extirpative surgeries, radiation treatment, congenital anomalies, ovariectomy, menopause, aging, chemotherapy, and vaginal birth trauma can all result in loss or impairment of vaginal structure and function. Extirpative surgeries, radiation treatment, congenital anomalies, ovariectomy, menopause, aging, chemotherapy, and vaginal birth trauma can all result in loss or impairment of vaginal structure and function. Researchers at Pitt developed a novel hydrogel biofabricated from porcine vaginal extracellular matrix (vECM) and its potential applications in the field of Urogynecology.