Most of the patients are in their 30's and all of them were either born without a uterus, or had it removed because of cervical cancer.
The pioneer project that doctors from Sweden's University of Gothenburg started in September 2012 initially involved 10 transplantees, but one woman could not proceed due to medical reasons.
So far, all nine patients are doing fine and many had periods six weeks after the transplantation, proving that the wombs are healthy and functioning.
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