First baby is born via uterus transplant from a deceased donor

25 December 2018 News Odyssey An ordered list of links for each blog series is on the Archive page. (0)
THE LANCET | PUBLIC RELEASE: 4-DEC-2018 | TheLancet.com reported in EurekAlert.org and BioEdge.org

The Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare, Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey at the “Orgonothon”, being organised by the National Organ & Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO), in New Delhi Currently, uterus donation is only available for women with family members who are willing to donate. With live donors in short supply, the new technique might help to increase availability and give more women the option of pregnancy. ...The first baby has been born following a uterus transplantation from a deceased donor, according to a case study from Brazil published in The Lancet. The study is also the first uterine transplantation in Latin America.

The new findings demonstrate that uterus transplants from deceased donors are feasible and may open access for all women with uterine infertility, without the need for live donors. However, the outcomes and effects of donations from live and deceased donors are yet to be compared, and the surgical and immunosuppression techniques will be optimised in the future.

The recipient of the transplant was a patient with uterine infertility…. Read more.

 

BioEdge included abortion among reasons women have a damaged uterus

Infertility affects 10-15% of couples of reproductive age. Of this group, one in 500 women have uterine anomalies due to congenital anomalies, or through unexpected malformation, hysterectomy, infection or sometimes abortion. Before the advent of uterus transplants, the only available options to have a child were adoption or surrogacy. Read more.

Related story on definition of death here.

Chinese researcher claims first gene-edited babies

02 December 2018 News Odyssey An ordered list of links for each blog series is on the Archive page. (0)
MARILYNN MARCHIONE | 26 Nov 2018 | APnews.com

HONG KONG (AP) — A Chinese researcher claims that he helped make the world’s first genetically edited babies — twin girls born this month whose DNA he said he altered with a powerful new tool capable of rewriting the very blueprint of life.

If true, it would be a profound leap of science and ethics.

A U.S. scientist said he took part in the work in China, but this kind of gene editing is banned in the United States because the DNA changes can pass to future generations and it risks harming other genes.

Many mainstream scientists think it’s too unsafe to try, and some denounced the Chinese report as human experimentation.

Read more.

Also see: He did it: uproar over Chinese gene-edited babies

In the video, Dr. He Jiankui, who has stated he genetically altered twin girls among others, explains his work. His demeanor is so pleasant it is hard to feature him as a Dr. Jekyll.

 

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