Israeli woman gives birth after ovary transplant

For the first time in the world, a cancer patient has given birth after undergoing (at Sheba) a transplant of ovarian tissue that had been taken from her body and preserved by freezing. This global breakthrough was reported around the world (see articles below) on June 27, 2005, the day that the patient gave birth.

Behind the stunning medical advance are Prof. Jehoshua Dor, Dr. Dror Meirow and Dr. Jacob Levron of Sheba's IVF Fertility Unit in the Joseph Buchman Gynecology and Maternity Center.

• Pregnancy after Transplantation of Cryopreserved Ovarian Tissue in a Patient with Ovarian Failure after Chemotherapy
• The New England Journal of Medicine (File Download )
• Baby After Cancer Op
• The Mirror (UK) June 27, 2005
• Ovary transplant woman gives birth
• Melbourne Herald Sun June 27, 2005
• Woman with ovarian tissue transplant gives birth
• USA Today June 27, 2005
• Doctors report birth from frozen ovary tissue
• MSNBC June 27, 2005
• Birth From Frozen Ovarian Tissue Reported
• FOX News June 27, 2005
• Israeli woman gives birth after ovary transplant
• New Zealand Herald June 27, 2005