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Doctors explore womb transplants

A group of New York doctors may be able to provide womb transplants to women unable to bear children.

After six months of study, doctors determined that it is medically possible to harvest the womb of a deceased donor. Before surgery, the embryo of the recipient is removed and frozen for preservation. The transplant surgery involves an incision in the lower abdomen of the recipient. Following this procedure, the embryo is returned to the patient and placed in the new womb. After the birth, the uterus is surgically removed to avoid the possibility of rejection.

Source: BBC News

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