Period Blood Emerges as a Promising Medical Resource

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Period Blood Emerges as a Promising Medical Resource
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New studies show menstrual fluid speeds skin wound healing, may enable noninvasive cervical cancer screening with high sensitivity, can help detect endometriosis with a simple test strip, and contains stem cells with regenerative potential for infertility and neurological conditions, suggesting period blood could become a valuable biomedical resource rather than waste.

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