Why We Should Be Studying Menstrual Blood?

About this episode

Karli Büchling discusses the importance of studying menstrual blood and the work of Blake Health in women's health research.

About Karli Karli Büchling is the founder and CEO of Blake Health (previously known as Yoni Health), a Techbio start-up breaking new ground in women's health research. Her fascination with menstrual blood began in 2007, long before it was a topic anyone wanted to talk about. Today she leads strategic partnerships, fundraising, and the mission to close the gender health gap and destigmatize menstrual health globally About Blake Health Blake Health is building the world's most comprehensive menstrual blood biobank, empowering women to transform a natural monthly cycle into a crucial resource for scientific research. Menstrual blood contains over 800 unique proteins and stem cells comparable in quality to those found in bone marrow, yet fewer than 700 studies exist on it globally, compared to over 15,000 on sperm. Blake Health is on a mission to change that, supporting research into conditions affecting over 1.6 billion women, including endometriosis, PCOS, fibroids, and beyond You can join the waitlist do donate your menses blood here Progress at Blake Health over the last 18 months , including a partnership with the University of Warwick, development of an at-home collection kit…

People in this episode

Host: Leo Tyson

Guest: Karli Büchling

Topics covered

• menstrual health
• women's health
• biobanking
• gender health gap
• scientific research

Keywords

• menstrual blood
• health research
• biobank
• endometriosis
• PCOS
• fibroids
• gender health gap

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Blake Health, Yoni Health, University of Warwick

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