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Belgian scientists have successfully performed an ovarian tissue transplant between non-identical sisters for the first time.
Teresa Alvaro's ovaries had failed due to damage caused by medical treatment.
Following the transplant she started to menstruate again, and after a year doctors were able to recover two eggs from her ovaries.
The journal Human Reproduction reports that these were fertilised to produce two embryos.
Ovarian tissue transplants have been carried out before - but only between twin sisters with the same genetic make up.
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Teresa Alvaro's ovaries had failed due to damage caused by medical treatment.
Following the transplant she started to menstruate again, and after a year doctors were able to recover two eggs from her ovaries.
The journal Human Reproduction reports that these were fertilised to produce two embryos.
Ovarian tissue transplants have been carried out before - but only between twin sisters with the same genetic make up.
Source