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Ovary Procedure Delays Menopause

Catherine McDiarmid-Watt | Saturday, July 07, 2012 | 0 comments

According to the Daily Mail, the American microsurgeon Sherman Silber has performed transplants of ovarian tissue for 11 women at St Luke's Hospital in St Louis, Missouri.

In 2007, Silber transplanted an ovary from one identical twin to another, with the 38-year-old recipient giving birth the following year.

The recipient has now had two healthy baby boys and a baby girl, all conceived without IVF, the most recent when she was age 45.

Worldwide, 28 women had given birth after having their ovarian tissue "restored," the Telegraph reported. Most of the children had been conceived naturally without the need for IVF for drugs.

"A young ovary can be transplanted back at any time and it will extend fertility and delay the menopause. You could even wait until you were 47," he said.

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