Imagine having the cure for infertility. Imagine being able to give a barren woman the joy of giving birth. In Sweden this is happening in trials.
After ten years of animal testing, Professor Brännström led the team in 2013 that was able to transplant 9 uteri from live donors into 9 women who had complete uterine infertility. Out of these 9 women, 2 had to have hysterectomies due to complications and infections. However, the other 7 transplants were a success, as they began menstruating after 2-3 months. I find this amazing because, through this team, young women everywhere will have the opportunity to get pregnant and give birth, as opposed to adoption and surrogacy.
One of these women in the trail was able to get pregnant after receiving the uterus of a 61 year old family friend. This was achieved through the use of IVF treatment (where the egg is fertilised outside of the body). Her eggs has been fertilized and frozen before the transplant, and a year later she had one of the embryos placed in her uterus. She gave birth via a C-Section at 31 weeks after suffering from pre-eclampisa (high blood pressure and protein in the urine at 20 or later weeks of pregnancy). Thankfully, after 10 days both mother and baby were discharged from hospital, with the baby passing the health check with flying colours.
Professor Brännström had this to say about the success of the trail: "Our success is based on more than 10 years of intensive animal research and surgical training by our team and opens up the possibility of treating many young females worldwide that suffer from uterine infertility. What is more, we have demonstrated the feasibility of live-donor uterus transplantation, even from a postmenopausal donor."
I find this to be an amazing break through in treatment for fertility in women. This proves that in our world today, science is still growing, and people are still making breakthroughs in areas that are ever changing and growing.
Article written by D.Mcnamee,Medical News Today, October 6 2014 http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/283522.php
2 comments:
That's an amazing breakthrough, people with no need of their uterus anymore can give it up to people that need one. I imagine this can help millions of woman begin or extend their families. AMAZING
interesting read, it goes to show how much the world is changing and science is still making big breakthroughs
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