Preterm births are a global health priority that affects 15 million babies every year worldwide.
There are no effective prognostic and therapeutic strategies relating to preterm delivery, but …

The ability to identify the precise time of ovulation is important for women who want to plan
conception or practice contraception. Here, we review the current literature on various …

Background Fertility awareness-based methods (FABMs) educate about reproductive health
and enable tracking and interpretation of physical signs, such as cervical fluid secretions …

The mechanisms by which mucus helps prevent viruses from infecting mucosal surfaces are
not well understood. We engineered non-mucoadhesive nanoparticles of various sizes and …

A method that could provide more uniform and longer‐lasting drug and gene delivery to
mucosal surfaces holds the potential to greatly improve the effectiveness of prophylactic and …

Vaginal drug delivery systems are often preferred for treating a variety of diseases and
conditions of the female reproductive tract (FRT), as delivery can be more targeted with less …

Mucus secretions typically protect exposed surfaces of the eyes and respiratory,
gastrointestinal and female reproductive tracts from foreign entities, including pathogens …

Mucosal tissues constitute the largest interface between the body and the surrounding
environment and they regulate the access of molecules, supramolecular structures …

Topical microbicides are a promising strategy in the prevention of vaginal and rectal HIV
transmission as well as other sexually transmitted pathogens. The perspective of developing …

Human cervical mucus is a heterogeneous mixture of mucin glycoproteins whose relative
concentration changes during the ovulatory phases, thereby producing different mucus …