Sophia Johnson

Sophia Johnson

Feb 26, 2019

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March 14th: Placentophagy talk at Jena University Hospital

We are excited to have a guest speaker at Jena University Hospital! Daniel Benyshek, Professor of Anthropology from UNLV, will talk about human maternal placentophagy: evolutionary roots, cross-cultural occurrence, and an emerging post-industrial health trend". Please feel free to join this interesting presentation.


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  • Placenta Remedies Network (PRN)
    Placenta Remedies Network (PRN)Backer
    This is wonderful. Will the talk be recorded for those unable to attend in person?
    Feb 27, 2019
  • Sophia Johnson
    Sophia JohnsonResearcher
    This is a great idea! We will work on that and try to record it.
    Feb 28, 2019

About This Project

Placentophagy is gaining in popularity as supporters of this behavior claim it has the ability to improve lactation, mood, recovery and engery level in childbirth. The placenta is often assumed to be sterile, but we now know that placentas have their own microbiome. This study aims to analyze the bacterial composition of processed placenta samples with attention on Group-B-Streptococci to understand potential bacterial infection associated with placentophagy.

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