Womb transplants hailed as success in pioneering Swedish project
Doctor says nine women have received wombs from relatives and will soon try to get pregnantNine women in Sweden have successfully received transplanted wombs donated by relatives and will soon try to become pregnant, has revealed. The women, mostly in their 30s, were born without a uterus or had it removed because of cervical cancer. They are part of the first major experiment to test whether it is possible to transplant wombs into women so they can give birth to their own children.Life-saving transplants of organs such as hearts, livers and kidneys have been done for decades and doctors are increasingly transplanting hand...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 13, 2014 Category: Science Tags: theguardian.com Fertility problems World news Health Medical research Society Europe Women Sweden Life and style Science Source Type: news
The girl with no vagina: Teenager, 19, can't have sex or babies due to rare condition that left her without reproductive organs
EXCLUSIVE: Jacqui Beck, 19, from the Isle of Wight, has MRKH, an unusual syndrome which affects the reproductive system - meaning she has no womb, cervix or vagina. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 15, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Miss Michigan's Life Without a Uterus
Jaclyn Schultz is becoming the face of thousands of women with Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome. (Source: U.S. News - Health)
Source: U.S. News - Health - May 14, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
