The Year in Medicine 2014: News That Made a Difference
Deborah Flapan; Fredy Perojo; Darbe Rotach; Emily Berry
December 15, 2014

World’s First Baby Born After Uterine Transplant
A 36-year-old woman who received a uterus transplant from a live donor in 2013 gave birth to a healthy baby boy in September 2014, according to an article published online October 6 in The Lancet.[13] “Our success is based on more than 10 years of intensive animal research and surgical training by our team and opens up the possibility of treating many young females worldwide that suffer from uterine infertility,” said lead author Mats Brännström, MD, professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. The report raises several important medical and ethical questions.[14]