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OVARY TRANSPLANT

Dr. Sherman Silber removes an overy from Melanie Morgan that will be transplanted into her twin sister Stephanie Yerber Morgan (24) during a five hour operation at St. Luke's Hospital in Chesterfield, Mo on April 21, 2004. Melanie Morgan, who has three children donated an ovary to identical twin Stephanie who began menopause at age 13. The operation is belived to be the first of its kind in the United States. If successful, Stephanie could become pregant in about a year. (UPI Photo/bg/Handout)


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LONDON, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- A baby girl was born in London to a 38-year-old woman who received an ovary from her identical twin sister, a doctor said Wednesday.
LONDON, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Doctors in Britain and the United States say the world's first successful ovarian transplant gives new hope to infertile women.
ST. LOUIS, Ala., Oct. 13 (UPI) -- An Alabama woman has become the first ever to become pregnant with an ovary transplanted from her twin sister, the Mirror reported Wednesday.
ST. LOUIS, April 21 (UPI) -- A St. Louis area doctor Wednesday transplanted an ovary from one woman into her sister in the first such procedure performed in the United States.
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