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Scientists Move Closer to Womb Transplant

Successful rabbit test means human test could be 2 years away

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 22, 2009 1:30 PM CDT

(Newser) – British doctors have performed successful uterus transplants in rabbits, meaning they could try the procedure on a human woman in as little as two years. Researchers say they’ve solved the blood supply problems that have until now bedeviled uterus transplants; a Saudi woman tried...   Read full story »

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