theblood featured in The Guardian US

We’re really proud to share that theblood was recently featured in The Guardian US in an article by Zoë Corbyn, titled “‘A medical miracle’: is period blood ‘the most overlooked opportunity’ in women’s health?”.

🖼️ Screenshot from “A medical miracle: is period blood ‘the most overlooked opportunity’ in women’s health?” by Zoë Corbyn, published in The Guardian US on 27 October 2025. Illustration by Shawna X.

The piece explores how menstrual blood could be used to transform healthcare, highlighting the growing field of menstrual-blood-based diagnostics. It features the work of several pioneering research teams and companies, including theblood, our Berlin-based femtech startup, and how we’re developing menstrual blood tests that could provide health insights related to hormones, fertility, inflammation, and more.

For us, being included in this article means a lot. Since founding theblood, our goal has been to show that menstrual blood is not waste but a valuable and underused biological sample with the potential to change how women access healthcare. Seeing this conversation reach a global platform like The Guardian is both encouraging and a reminder of why this work matters.

We’ll continue building the scientific foundation needed to make menstrual blood testing part of everyday healthcare, and we’re grateful for every opportunity to help change the way people think about menstruation, research, and women’s health.

💡 Read the full article here: “‘A medical miracle’: is period blood ‘the most overlooked opportunity’ in women’s health?”

Published in The Guardian US on 27 October 2025 at 12:00 CET.

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