background menstrual blood-derived stem cells (menscs) are a novel source of stem cells that can be easily isolated non-invasively from female volunteered donor without ethical consideration. these mesenchymal-like stem cells have high rate of proliferation and possess multi lineage differentiation potency. this study was undertaken to isolate the menscs and assess their potential in differenti...

objective: menstrual blood stromal stem cells (mbscs) share some phenotypic and functional similarities with mesenchymal stem cells (mscs). mscs are shown to inhibit either the function or generation of different immune cells, including dendritic cells (dcs). however, data regarding mbscs’ potential effects on immune system cells are elusive. here, we examine whether mbscs affect the generation...

To test the hypothesis that bacterial contamination of menstrual blood could be a local biologic event in the development of endometriosis, menstrual blood was cultured and bacterial endotoxin was measured in menstrual blood and peritoneal fluid. Our results suggest that compared with control women, higher colony formation of Escherichia coli in menstrual blood and endotoxin levels in menstrual...

Attempts were made to identify menstrual blood by means of paper electrophoresis with preparation of extracts of menstrual blood isolated under various conditions and mixed with human fibrin. Also similar analyses were conducted with blood aspirated from the median cubital vein of a woman during menstruation as well as from a man as the control, also with extracts of lochial blood from a woman ...

The fibrinolytic activity of plasmin present in menstrual blood has been studied by means of the Fibrin-Plate Method, and utilizing the findings of such a study, the identification of menstrual blood stain in legal medicine has been conducted. As the result, it has become clear that the identification of a very small amount of menstrual blood is possible, for an example, only one thread from th...

OBJECTIVE To compare the efficacy and safety of the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system and oral medroxyprogesterone acetate in the treatment of idiopathic heavy menstrual bleeding. METHODS In this multicenter, randomized, controlled study, women aged 18 years or older with heavy menstrual bleeding (menstrual blood loss 80 mL or more per cycle) were randomly assigned to six cycles of...

Since Menstruationsfilm (1966-67), the pivotal work of Valie Export, many contemporary artistic creations highlight menstrual value “gendered blood,” to use term Mary Jane Lupton in Menstruation and Psychoanalysis (1993: 3). In form painting, performance, installation video, these apply “menstrual blood” a feminist context, as was case with first works made this type blood. This article will fo...

'In healthy menstruation the blood which is discharged does not coagulate; in the irregular or unhealthy it does....' This observation on the non-coagulability of menstrual blood was made by John Hunter in 1794.1 A similar observation was made by Bell in 19122 on the composition of menstrual blood found in patients with haematocolpos. Over the past 20 years laboratory and clinical research has ...