New consortium launched to study female reproductive health

The Bia-Echo Foundation and the California-based Buck Institute for Research on Aging announced the launch of a new global consortium to study female reproductive aging. Called the Global Consortium for Female Reproductive Longevity and Equality, the consortium will be based at a Buck center that was established last year to better understand the female reproductive system and how it ages. “While menopause and ovarian aging set off a cascade of negative health effects in women’s bodies that impact bone, cognitive, cardiovascular and immune function, the field has been significantly understudied,” Dr. Eric Verdin, president of the Buck Institute, said in a statement. The new consortium will also fund research strategies to delay ovarian aging. The consortium will award $7.4 million in grants to researchers of all levels over the next two years.