New Insights on Pelvic Floor Damage after Vaginal Birth, and New Directions for Treatment

'Proregenerative extracellular matrix hydrogel mitigates pathological alterations of pelvic skeletal muscles after birth injury' published by Science Translational Medicine on August 02, 2023.  Authors Pamela Duran, Francesca Boscolo Sesillo, Mark Cook, Lindsey Burnett, Shawn A. Menefee, Emmy Do, Saya French, Gisselle Zazueta-Damian, Monika Dzieciatkowska, Anthony J. Saviola, Manali M. Shah, Clyde Sanvictores, Kent G. Osborn, Kirk C. Hansen, Matthew Shtrahman, Karen L. Christman, and Marianna Alperin   Institutional Affiliations Shu Chien-Gene Lay Department of Bioengineering, University of California San Diego Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine, University of California San Diego Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, University of California San Diego Department of Integrative, Biology and Physiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis  Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, Kaiser Permanente Department of Biology, University of California San Diego Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, School of Medicine, University of Colorado  Department of Physics, University of California San Diego  Center for Veterinary Sciences and Comparative Medicine, Division of Comparative Pathology and Medicine, University of California San Diego Department of Neurosciences, University of California San Diego Funding Funding for this work was provided by the NIH/NICHD [R21HD094566 (M.