The Cleveland Clinic of Ohio announced on Tuesday, July 9th, that a baby was delivered from the transplanted womb of a dead donor–the first procedure of its kind.
The girl’s mother, a 30-year-old woman, is part of a research trial of women without uteri.
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Since the trial began, the hospital has carried out three successful transplants. Two participants are waiting for embryo transfers while others are still waiting for a uterus.
The living recipient of the transplant takes anti-rejection drugs to prepare themselves for the eight-hour procedure. Once the uterus is healed, their frozen embryos are thawed and implanted in the uterus.
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Doctors in Brazil successfully carried out a uterus transplant and consequent delivery back in December. However, this recent procedure in Cleveland was a first for North America.