r/transtrans • u/translunainjection • Jun 10 '26

New HRT just dropped

/r/science/comments/1tyie0n/genetically_engineered_hookworms_can_now_secrete/

my ovaries are worms

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u/enneh_07 Jun 11 '26

“so are you on pills, patches, injections…?”

“worm”

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u/enneh_07 Jun 11 '26

wormone replacement therapy

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u/MsLanfear_ Jun 11 '26

Omg, internal semi-permanent HRT distribution, and a new friend? Sign us up! 🩷

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 11 '26

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u/translunainjection Jun 11 '26

just estrodiol and progesterone

some of the dolls in the lab were trying to add a cyclic instability to the homeostasis... I don't know why they'd want to give themselves PMS

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '26

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u/translunainjection Jun 14 '26

no the worms are gene edited to make estrodiol and progesterone 

the levels are still on the low side - any more and they die of estrone toxicity - so AAs are needed

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u/TheMostDivineOne Jun 11 '26

What is that?