The equation changed drastically in 2014, when Swedish doctors delivered a healthy 3.9-pound baby that was the result of a successful uterus transplant. The success marked another step forward for transplant surgery aimed at improving a person’s life, not just saving it. The fact that the uterus transplant success in Sweden can be replicated is a promising sign for thousands of women who have been unable to conceive. In February 2016, Lindsey McFarland became the first woman to receive a uterus transplant in America. “We do transplants all day long,” Giuliano Testa, who heads the uterus transplant clinical trial at Baylor University Medical Center, told Time magazine.

Source: thestar December 03, 2017 23:15 UTC