Fascinating medical breakthrough that could dramatically improve the lives of cancer survivors -- seen in The Wall Street Journal:
Scientists have successfully transplanted laboratory-made vaginas into four teenage girls whose own were absent because of a rare disease, marking a milestone in the quest to grow structurally complex body parts. The experiment was published Thursday in the journal Lancet along with another study, in which a separate group of researchers transplanted lab-made nostrils into patients whose noses were damaged by cancer. The vaginas were created from the patients’ own cells and implanted between 2005 and 2008. Today, the women report normal sexual function.Read HERE.