A research team at Gujarat Biotechnology University (GBU) in Gandhinagar has secured a grant from the Gates Foundation to carry out a project on women’s health, with a special focus on heavy menstrual bleeding and related disorders.
The work will be led by Dr Rohini Nair, an Assistant Professor at Gujarat Biotechnology University (GBU). The intention is to make these tools accessible especially to women in underserved or remote areas, thereby enabling earlier diagnosis, more personalised treatment and better menstrual health management. The funding will support the development of affordable, scalable and minimally invasive RNA-based diagnostic and therapeutic tools aimed at detecting and managing heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB).
The project aims to characterise the endometrial cell populations in women experiencing HMB and translate those findings into potential diagnostics or treatments.
Researchers plan to use cutting-edge techniques such as single-cell RNA sequencing to map the cellular and molecular landscape of the endometrium. This effort could help uncover underlying biological mechanisms of abnormal uterine bleeding.
The work also seeks to improve menstrual health management especially in underserved and low-resource settings by enabling early detection, personalised treatment and broader access to care.
This grant comes in the context of a larger push by the Gates Foundation to support innovations in women’s health globally.
