Keio University: Give birth to a baby by transplanting the uterus of a monkey: Lokitansky syndrome
Keio University and Shiga University of Medical Science:
Teams such as Keio University and Shiga University of Medical Science have published in an international medical journal by November 19.
Succeeded in giving birth to a baby by transplanting the uterus removed from a monkey to another monkey,
Steps to clinical application :
In the future, we aim to “implement the first uterus transplant in Japan for humans” so that “a woman who is ill and has no uterus can give birth”.
Japan’s first uterus transplant:
In 2017, the research team succeeded in “transplanting the uterus from a cynomolgus monkey with a similar immune type to another cynomolgus monkey,” assuming a mother-daughter transplant.
After that, “when I transplanted the fertilized egg, I gave birth to a healthy baby monkey in May 2020 after two miscarriages.”
It is said that it is growing steadily.
Research team achievements:
So far, he has given birth by “returning the removed uterus to the same monkey again”.
This time, “We succeeded in giving birth only after transplanting to another monkey.”
Patients who have lost their uterus:
Lokitansky syndrome, which has no uterus by nature,
Patients in their 20s and 30s who lost their uterus due to cancer treatment, etc.
It is said that there are about 60,000 people in Japan.
Nihon Keizai Shimbun
https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXMZO66405740Z11C20A1CE0000/