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Ovarian transplants restore fertility in cancer patients

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Belgian researchers reported in June that, for the first time, a woman had become pregnant after receiving transplanted ovarian tissue. The results were presented at the annual meeting of the European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology.

“If this was indeed a pregnancy that resulted from frozen grafted tissue, then it is an amazing accomplishment,” says David Lee, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the Oregon Health & Science University in Portland. “It is the ultimate proof of principle—this validates what many people have been working on for many years.”

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