Hope for childless women after mice become pregnant after womb transplants

DOCTORS have performed womb transplants in mice in a move which may give hope to many childless women, it was revealed yesterday.

Researchers in Sweden surgically implanted wombs into animals that later became pregnant. It is the first time wombs have been transplanted in mice and led to successful pregnancies.

Dr Mats Brannstrom, who led the team at the Sahlgrenska Academy at Gothenburg University said: “In future we are aiming to achieve uterus transplantation in humans. Suitable donors could be either a sister after she has had her own children or a mother, since the chance for a good immune and blood type match would be high.”