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New period product offers progress in women’s health

Harsimran Kaur, Bryan Hsu, and Rogerio Bataglioli are part of a team that developed an eco-friendly biomaterial, shown here in powdered form, to improve the performance of current women's sanitary products, such as a menstrual cup Hsu is holding.

The Department of Biological Sciences is at the center of life sciences research and teaching at Virginia Tech. 
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from global change to human disease, by preparing the next generation of scientists.