2018.11.04

A Painful Mystery

Endometriosis spreads like a vine through the bodies of roughly 176 million women worldwide, causing agony and infertility. Science has struggled to understand the condition, but new research is sparking hope for improved treatments soon

credit: Katherine Streeter

credit: Katherine Streeter

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