Is There a Cure for Uterus?

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"It's wild to me that in 20 21, we still don't have enough technology or research done," says Isako yamazaki. "I would love to say that there will be either a cure or we just know where it comes from and how to treat it ... but i am not confident about it at all", she adds. We're going to talk about what we know about those unknowns and some of the work being done to get answers. But first, a poemfrom one of the 14 people that you just heard from.

This common chronic condition — where tissue similar to what grows inside the uterus grows elsewhere in the body — is barely understood. So why is a condition so prevalent and painful still so unknown? It has a lot to do with who gets to ask research questions.

Correction, August 18: An earlier version of this episode implied that the tissue involved in endometriosis is the same as the endometrium, which lines the uterus. It is similar tissue, but not identical.

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