Breakthrough in Endometriosis Research: Australian Researchers Discover a New Treatment Approach

‘Australian researchers achieve breakthrough in endometriosis research’ is the headline of a Guardian article I read this week. Endometriosis is a condition that affects 1 in 10 women. In addition, there is tissue seems on uterine mucosa outside the uterus. For example on the ovaries or fallopian tubes, but sometimes even in the intestines or on the bladder. And now there may be a breakthrough, in which researchers have succeeded in growing that endometriosis tissue outside the body, so that medicines can be tested on it, for example. I am in contact with a gynecologist at the UMCG, Ellen Klinkert.