Risen from the dead: a healthy girl was born in the USA from the uterus of an inanimate donor
The birth of a child is a miracle, and if he rises from the dead in the literal sense of the word — this is already a real sensation. Recently, a girl was born in Ohio, who was carried by a woman with a uterus transplanted from a dead donor. The baby's mother was born without a reproductive organ and was doomed to childlessness, but doctors were able to realize her main dream and gave her the joy of motherhood.
Find out how death became the beginning of a new life from our material.
Recently, five queens have been transplanted at the Cleveland Clinic: three transplants have been successful. Two women are waiting for the opportunity to get pregnant with new organs. Doctors say they want to increase the number of patients taking part in the study to ten. Transplantation is a risk, because there is always a fear that the body may reject a new organ.
The first baby from the uterus of a dead donor was born in Brazil, and the first uterus transplant was performed in Sweden five years ago.
Ten previous attempts to transplant donor queens in the United States, the Czech Republic and Turkey have failed. British doctors have received permission to conduct 15 similar procedures with patients who are desperate to become mothers.
Organ transplantation saves lives and gives people a chance for a better future. A noble gesture was made by a simple guy from Connecticut: he gave his kidney to a completely unknown girl who had lupus. This noble act stirred up social networks and confirmed that good exists even in the modern world full of indifference.
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