Revolutionizing menstrual care and women’s health

Leakage from menstrual products is a possibility every cycle. More than half of women using tampons find them uncomfortable. A woman uses an average of 15,000 disposable menstrual care products during her lifetime, which takes hundreds of years to degrade in landfills. Five of six women report pain during menstruation.

Menstrual care and hygiene directly influences a woman’s quality of life. In our current scientific age of innovation, why are women still using menstrual products based on principles that originated from antiquity?

Our team has developed a novel biomaterials that is compositionally simple and well-defined, eliminating the potential for toxins or other harmful components. Our approach turns menstrual fluid into a hydrogel so that it is easier to manage, reduces leakage, and improves menstrual care.