Founded in 1975, Obsidian supports—through publication and critical inquiry—the contemporary poetry, fiction, drama/performance, visual and media art of Africans globally. Since its inception, ...

Scientists at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and the University of California, Davis, have developed a microfluidic model of the human cervix. This ...

Graphical illustration of the single-cell atlas of the human uterine cervix. It highlights the comparison of tissue and organoid cell types, how pathogen infection affects the cervical cells, and the ...

The tenaculum might contribute to the discomfort women feel when getting an IUD. One company is testing an alternative. By Alisha Haridasani Gupta A growing number of women have opted to get an ...

The Canadian Cancer Society didn’t issue an apology for using the word "cervix," nor did the charity say it would replace all uses of that word with the term "front hole." The charity said it uses ...

Cervical epithelial cells are far from passive bystanders in the body's immune system. New research shows they actually play an active and highly coordinated role in detecting and fighting infections.