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Know about womb transplants in Sweden, first babies to be born next year

New Delhi: The womb transplant or uterine transplant is the surgical procedure whereby a healthy uterus is transplanted into an organism whose uterus is absent or diseased.As part of the normal mammalian sexual reproduction process,



Scientists in Britain, Hungary and elsewhere are also planning similar operations but the efforts in Sweden are the most advanced because it involves taking wombs from living donors.

It is a controversial subject at present because removing a womb for donation is like a radical hysterectomy but it requires taking a bigger chunk of the surrounding blood vessels to ensure adequate blood flow, raising the risk of complications for the donor.

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