From: ScienceDaily: Pregnancy and Childbirth News
A new technique for transplanting the ovaries of women who have
lost their fertility has been developed. The new, two-step method
of ovarian transplant has produced excellent results in women whose
ovaries have been frozen because of cancer treatment.
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