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Vaginal Organoids May Unlock New Insight Into Sexually Transmitted Infections in Women

A team of UBC researchers has created new vaginal models grown from mouse or human cells and demonstrated that they are capable of being infected with herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) and Zika virus and responding to antiviral drugs. Their results establish a valuable experimental system that researchers can leverage to study how sexually transmitted viruses infect, replicate, and respond to treatment in the female reproductive tract. “Discov…
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Science in Vancouver broke the news on Friday, August 7, 2026.
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