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NEWS ABOUT: womb

womb stories: 8 news summaries

Scientists Move Closer to Womb Transplant

Successful rabbit test means human test could be 2 years away

Oct 22, 09 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 the procedure in 2000, but... More »

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in vitro fertilization • transplant • womb • animal testing • infertility • infertile • human trials • women's issues • womb transplant

 Moms Can Pass Cancer 
 to Kids In Utero 

Mutation makes cancer cells 'invisible' to fetus' immune system

Oct 13, 09 2:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mothers pass myriad things to their unborn babies via the placenta, and scientists have found that cancer is among them. Researchers studied the case of a mother who died of leukemia soon after she gave birth, and whose child was diagnosed with cancer months later. Though the baby’s cancer... More »

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cancer • medical research • mutation • in utero • womb • leukemia • placenta • fetus • child • mother

(AP) - A man who says he is the father of a baby who was cut from her slain mother's womb wants custody of the baby girl. Roberto Rodriguez, the estranged boyfriend of slain mother Darlene Haynes, said outside a Massachusetts court today that he wants custody of the baby and of... More »

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murder • Massachusetts • womb • restraining order • child custody • Darlene Haynes • Roberto Rodriguez

 2 Uteri, 2 Babies: 
 Woman Has 1-in-5M Birth 

Doctor explains how rare condition produced 1-in-5M birth

Mar 3, 09 11:35 AM CST
(Newser) - What’s more impressive, having eight babies, or having two—one from each womb? Sarah Reinfelder, whom the New York Post has tastefully dubbed “Womber Woman,” did the latter, thanks to a condition called uterus didelphys, or double uterus. One in every 2,000 women has didelphys,... More »

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pregnancy • twins • Michigan • womb • didelphys

Baby Cut From Mother Released From Hospital

Pa. mom allegedly murdered by woman obsessed with infants

Jul 24, 08 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - A baby who was cut from his mother's womb in a brutal murder has left a Pennsylvania hospital, reports the AP. Police say 18-year-old Kia Johnson was bound with duct tape and viciously attacked last week by 38-year-old Andrea Curry-Demus, who had a history of mental illness and obsession with... More »

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baby • womb • assault • Andrea Curry-Demus

Baby Born 'Again' After Tumor Operation

Doctors perform surgery in after 4 months of pregnancy

Jun 7, 08 7:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Texas baby is faring well after doctors pulled her from the womb, cut off a tumor, and put her back in to be born 4 weeks ago, CBS News reports. Doctors noticed Macie McCartney's tumor 4 months into pregnancy and identified it as fatal—so they pulled out her... More »

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surgery • baby • womb • tumor • prenatal care

Pregnancies Outsourced to India

Western couples 'renting' wombs of Indian women

Dec 31, 07 6:54 AM CST
(Newser) - A town in India, where more than 50 women are currently pregnant with the children of Western couples, has hatched a booming industry in commercial surrogacy, dubbed "wombs for rent." The women in Anand have been impregnated with the sperm and eggs of US, British and other couples... More »

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pregnancy • fertility • India • in vitro fertilization • outsourcing • womb • childbirth

Hospitals Build 'Womb Rooms' for Preemies

Environments are designed to replicate qualities of the womb

May 29, 07 5:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - With preterm births soaring—and tinier preemies surviving—many hospitals are redesigning their neonatal units to provide environments closer to those babies experience in utero, the New York Times reports. The new rooms are darker and quieter, and provide space for skin-to-skin contact with parents (not to speak of places... More »

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neonatal care • children • family • baby • development • womb • preemies • infant

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