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Published online 30 June 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040628-15
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Frozen ovary restores fertility
Cancer sufferers could postpone pregnancy
A cancer patient who had part of an ovary removed, frozen and then reimplanted after the disease had been treated, is now pregnant. The 32-year-old woman, who is expecting a baby girl in October, is the first to fall pregnant after such a procedure.
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