In July 2023 the University of Alabama at Birmingham announced that the successful delivery of the first baby born from a transplanted uterus outside of a clinical trial. The birth itself occurred the ...

A woman in Alabama just gave birth to the first baby born from a transplanted uterus outside of a clinical trial. Mallory (who did not share her last name for privacy reasons) had a planned C-section ...

Around 135 transplants have been performed, but it's probably too soon to offer the procedure to trans women. This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech ...

Born with congenital absence of the uterus — a condition called Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome — Mallory learned that she would never be able to biologically carry her own child; to become a ...

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A hysterectomy — the removal of your uterus — is a major surgical procedure that triggers lasting physical changes. This surgery was traditionally done through an incision in your abdomen.