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http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/19/health/uterine-transplant/index.html?hpt=hp_t3

Two Swedish women have received new wombs donated by their mothers in the first mother-to-daughter uterine transplants, officials said.
The first woman had her uterus removed years ago because of surgery for cervical cancer, according to the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. The second woman was born without a uterus. Neither woman was identified by the university.
The operations were conducted Saturday and Sunday at the university's Sahlgrenska Hospital, said Dr. Michael Olausson, surgeon and professor.
"So far, the procedures have been a success, but the final proof of success will be the birth of a healthy child," Olausson told CNN.
In vitro procedures were performed on both women -- who are in their 30s -- before the operations, said university spokesman Krister Svahn. Their harvested eggs were fertilized and the embryos frozen.

The aim of the procedures is to allow more women who lack uteri to bear children, the hospital said. In Sweden alone, between 2,000 and 3,000 women of childbearing age cannot have children because they lack a uterus.
The operations were the first live-donor uterus transplants from mother to child, Olausson said.
A transplant using a live donor was attempted in 2000, but it was unsuccessful, he said. A second transplant, using a deceased donor, was performed last year in Turkey, but "so far we have not heard that the woman is pregnant."

If they can have full pregnancies, these women will be the first to carry and birth a child from the same uterus they came from themselves.

That's fucking neat.

 

[Devolution]

Jeff Goldblum jpeg

 

[The Mana Legend]

I bet they egged each other on.

 

[nubbe]

Wouldn't it be easier if the guy just banged the mother?

 

[Gordon Shumway]

That's amazing..SCIENCE!

Wouldn't it be easier if the guy just banged the mother?

Geezuz LOL

 

[1-UP]

Sweden > World.

 

[strafer]

yay

 

[Devolution]

Wouldn't it be easier if the guy just banged the mother?

No. The mothers are probably in or past menopause. Having sex doesn't even make sense, do you mean invitro surrogacy?

 

[xbhaskarx]

How much will this cost at my local Ikea

 

[strafer]

How much will this cost at my local Ikea

Priceless.