Monday 17 November 2008

Ovary transplant success

The birth of the first baby born after a complete ovary transplant must offer hope to women who have been through an early menopause. The baby was born to a woman in her late thirties who had an ovary from her twin sister transplanted into her body after she went through a premature menopause.

The female biological clock is largely related to egg quality and quantity, and once this is in decline there is little that can be done to reverse it. The fact that the female body is still capable of maintaining a pregnancy after this stage can be illustrated by the fact that egg donation pregnancies are successful in women in their forties and fifties. However, this is the first pregnancy after an entire ovary has been transplanted and shows that a transplanted ovary can ovulate successfully.

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