It sounds like a tabloid headline but the news that a woman gave birth to a healthy baby in Brazil using a womb transplanted from a dead person is a big deal in science and in reproductive health. Marco Werman speaks with Andrew Shennan, a professor of obstetrics at King’s College London, who is involved in similar research.
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