How Menstrual Blood Is Being Transformed Into a Diagnostic Tool

15/02/2024 24 min Episodio 17
How Menstrual Blood Is Being Transformed Into a Diagnostic Tool

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In the latest edition of Clinical Lab Chat, CLP’s Director of Business Intelligence, Chris Wolski, interviews Sara Naseri, MD, co-founder and CEO of women’s health company, Qvin (qvin.com), about the Q-Pad, an FDA-cleared menstrual pad designed to collect blood to be processed for diagnostic purposes. In this wide-ranging discussion, Naseri and Wolski discuss how she came up with this unique, out-of-the-box idea; how the company plans to overcome the taboos associated with menstruation; how the Q-pad will improve access to health care; and the company’s plans for the future.