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BIOTECH Scientists have developed what they say is the world's first "vagina-on-a-chip", which uses living cells and bacteria to mimic the microbial environment of the human vagina. Beyond being a promising technological advance, she says, the interest of someone like Ingber - whom she calls the "godfather" of organ chip technology - may help normalize research on vaginas. For example, a lot of the time "Lactobacilli bacteria keep your vagina nice and acidic", says Ruth Mackay, who works on organs- on-a-chip for women's health at Brunel University London and was not involved with the new study. [Extracted from the article]

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