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From Flow to Fix

October 21, 2026 Caitlin Tsang

Does menstrual blood have healing powers?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Special cells in period blood help rebuild uterine lining every month. Could those cells repair other tissues, too? Enter Gabija Kugaudaite and team at Kaunas University in Lithuania. To test this hypothesis, they

Periodically Moonstruck

March 26, 2026 Malia Bautista

Are women’s cycles catching waves with monthly tides? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Notice that the Moon waxes and wanes each month? Women’s bodies might be keeping time in a similar way. Enter Charlotte Helfrich-Förster and team at the University of Padova. This team