From a Deceased Woman's Transplanted Uterus, a Live Birth
A woman who received a uterus transplanted from a deceased donor gave birth [DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)31766-5] [DX] to a healthy child, researchers in Brazil said on Tuesday. It is the first such birth to be reported.
Uterine transplants from living donors have succeeded; at least 11 babies have been born this way since 2013. But a viable procedure to transplant uteri from deceased women could drastically increase the availability of the organs.
"We talk about lifesaving transplants. This is a life-giving transplant, a new category," said Dr. Allan D. Kirk, the chief surgeon at Duke University Health System, who was not involved in the research. "Biologically, organs of the living and the dead aren't all that different," he added. "But the availability of deceased donors certainly could open this up to a much broader number of patients."
(Score: 2) by jasassin on Friday December 07 2018, @04:25AM (1 child)
You are NOT the mother!
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(Score: 3, Touché) by bob_super on Friday December 07 2018, @05:47PM
Sounds like the plot for a Euro movie : "After the mysterious death of the adoptive mother, Jeanne sinks into depression, and decides to meet her biological parents. Follow her on her journey of self-discovery, as she navigates a surrogate mother with a transplanted uterus from a dead woman, an alcoholic sperm donor dad, a paralyzed egg donor and her dark teenage rape secret..."
Spoiler alert: She definitely offs herself at the end.
(Happy Friday, people!)
(Score: 2) by Bot on Friday December 07 2018, @05:20AM (3 children)
Do they wait until death, that is no vital signs, before removing organs? AFAIK if you give consent they remove them while you are still technically alive even if your probability of surviving is nil. TFS is a bit more frankensteinian.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 07 2018, @06:48AM (1 child)
Depending on which organs they remove, it is likely your probability of survival is nil.
(Score: 3, Funny) by bob_super on Friday December 07 2018, @05:49PM
Meh, they're getting better. Didn't Dick Cheney go officially heartless and pulse-free for quite a while ?
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 07 2018, @03:11PM
These homosexuals who think they can rape the female form by mutilating their bodies with "medical" technology are really men, which makes them incels. Somebody who is not born with a functional womb is simply not a woman.
How many women have these men had sex with? Instead of having sex like a normal well-adjusted man, they are colonizing women's bodies and invading women's spaces. They are nothing more than incel rapists who appropriate the female form. Never forget that the serial killer Buffalo Bill is a prime example of the kind of man who does what these "women" have done.
We should be injecting these men with testosterone instead. If that does not cause them to immediately begin having sex with real women, then we should ship them off to a war somewhere. Reinstate the draft and make these "women" the first to get sent off to boot camp. That will straighten them up.
These "women" will likely be dead from AIDS in a year or two anyway.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 07 2018, @12:40PM
So when are you going to give virility back to the men who worked with Agent Orange and now have zero sperm count?
Or those losing life and limb to american-made weapons and ammunition?
I see... this was in Brazil, ok, nevermind.