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Scientists are building an ultimate atlas of the vagina. Here's why.
livescience.com ^ | 2/6/25 | Nicoletta Lanese

Posted on 02/08/2025 7:13:57 AM PST by martin_fierro

Scientists are on a quest to chart a comprehensive map of the vagina — namely, an atlas that catalogs the diverse range of microorganisms that live there.

These microbes are collectively known as the vaginal microbiome, and they include bacteria, fungi and simple organisms called archaea, along with viruses, although viruses are not technically "alive." Shifts in the abundances of these microbes, especially the bacteria, have been linked to various health conditions, including pregnancy complications, such as preterm birth; chronic diseases, like endometriosis; and infections, including urinary tract infections (UTIs) and human papillomavirus (HPV).

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TOPICS: Heated Discussion
KEYWORDS: atlas; braille; cooties; faggotswankinpublic; fagsabusekeywords; frcirclejerk; frdegenerates; fudduseskeywords; lightenupfrancis; vajayjay
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To: martin_fierro

Does this explain why a board and rope are needed on occasion?


21 posted on 02/08/2025 7:35:41 AM PST by LastDayz (A Blunt and Brazen Texan. I Will Not Be Assimilated.)
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To: martin_fierro; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; ...

Buncha science geeks, ‘researching’ lady parts... sure, we’ll buy that...


22 posted on 02/08/2025 7:37:45 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: x

Now that’s funny I don’t care who you are.


23 posted on 02/08/2025 7:38:26 AM PST by srmanuel
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To: martin_fierro

Must be difficult to get directions to Obama’s house


24 posted on 02/08/2025 7:39:01 AM PST by datricker (Go Trump/Vance!)
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To: martin_fierro; Lazamataz

They could have saved time and effort by just swabbing Laz.

Once and done.


25 posted on 02/08/2025 7:40:20 AM PST by MikelTackNailer (There's a lesson there if I were smart enough to learn it.)
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To: martin_fierro

New pickup line: Trust me, I’m a microbiologist,


26 posted on 02/08/2025 7:40:48 AM PST by Brooklyn Attitude (The same people who are outraged at "cultural appropriation" fully support "gender appropriation".)
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To: martin_fierro

That’s great. I’m still laughing.


27 posted on 02/08/2025 7:41:27 AM PST by freefdny
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To: martin_fierro

I bet some women are a total garden of exotic critters...

...I won’t name names, but I’d bet one is a former bartender who “works” in congress!


28 posted on 02/08/2025 7:41:37 AM PST by null and void (I hoped it was the Bee but it’s California.)
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To: Larry Lucido; Fungi

Name him, ping him...


29 posted on 02/08/2025 7:42:40 AM PST by null and void (I hoped it was the Bee but it’s California.)
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To: x

Fantastic Voyage?


30 posted on 02/08/2025 7:42:59 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: PGR88
I always looked for this book at the public library, but it was constantly on-loan....

Never handle a book or magazine where pages are stuck together. That's a Gibb's Rule that didn't make it to TV.

31 posted on 02/08/2025 7:45:28 AM PST by MikelTackNailer ("VD is for everybody; not just for the few..." - 1970s PSA ad.)
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To: martin_fierro

“Whaddya mean, cooties!? No cooties on me!”


32 posted on 02/08/2025 7:46:00 AM PST by OldHarbor
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To: martin_fierro

I clicked on this for the comments.......


33 posted on 02/08/2025 7:50:35 AM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Larry Lucido

Well, that’s the end of cunnilingus.


34 posted on 02/08/2025 7:55:50 AM PST by A_Former_Democrat (What does the Deep State have on Dims and RINOs? Demand release of all tax returns)
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To: martin_fierro
Old growth forest.



35 posted on 02/08/2025 7:56:09 AM PST by plain talk
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To: null and void; Fungi

36 posted on 02/08/2025 7:59:30 AM PST by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: x

Looks more like a grapefruit to me...


37 posted on 02/08/2025 7:59:49 AM PST by BB62
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To: martin_fierro

I find spelunking invigorating and quite pleasurable. Damn the microbiome full speed ahead!


38 posted on 02/08/2025 8:00:16 AM PST by Islander7 (There is no septic system so vile, so filthy, the left won't drink from to further their agenda.)
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To: martin_fierro

Undoubtedly for sex robots.


39 posted on 02/08/2025 8:01:44 AM PST by Jonty30 (Groundhogs don't falsify their predictions for grant money, whereas climate scientists do. )
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To: fso301

Fembots? Ursula Andress did it first in THE TENTH VICTIM.(1966)


40 posted on 02/08/2025 8:07:45 AM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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