After surgeons perform first womb transplant in UK, we look at other major advances through the years
Woman ‘over the moon’ after sister donates womb in UK first
Surgeons have performed the first womb transplant in the UK, it has been announced. The 34-year-old recipient received her sister’s uterus in an operation in February at Churchill hospital in Oxford that took nine hours and 20 minutes.
We look at some other major transplant breakthroughs over the years – and consider what the future may hold.
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