Posted on 11/25/2015 12:09:54 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
News that doctors in Cleveland, Ohio have begun screening applicants for a clinical trial of uterine transplantation has prompted some to wonder if science will ever find a way to transplant a uterus into a man, and according to a Yahoo article, we may be just five years away from doing just that.
The article published Nov. 18, quoted Dr. Karine Chung, director of the fertility preservation program at the University of Southern California's Keck School of Medicine, as saying, "My guess is five, 10 years away, maybe sooner."
Theoretically, the article said, a man could receive a uterine transplant, "carry a baby to term, and give birth."
Modern medicine has already found a way to suppress male and introduce female hormones in transgender women, causing the breasts to lactate and obtaining "surgically constructed vaginas that include a 'neoclitoris,' which allows sensations."
Biological women have "vasculature needed to feed the uterus with blood, pelvic ligaments designed to support a uterus, a vagina and cervix, and natural hormones that prepare the uterus for implantation and support the pregnancy."
However, according to Chung, "Male and female anatomy is not that different." At some point, someone "will figure out how to make that work," she said.
Biological women have a leg up on biological males when it comes to accepting and nurturing a transplanted uterus. Women already have: vasculature needed to feed the uterus with blood, pelvic ligaments designed to support a uterus, a vagina and cervix, and natural hormones that prepare the uterus for implantation and support the pregnancy.
Men have none of those support systems — naturally — but none are impossible to create. “Male and female anatomy is not that different,” said Chung. “Probably at some point, somebody will figure out how to make that work.”
"It's possible to attach a branch of a large vessel, like the internal iliac, to the uterus" in males to take the place of the uterine veins and arteries natural women have to nurture the womb," the article said.
"It's doable, it just hasn't been done," Chung was quoted as saying.
"Hormone therapy can shut off testosterone and introduce progesterone and estrogen needed to prepare the uterus for pregnancy," the article said. Also, while it's better for "a vagina to support the uterus, it's possible to attach a transplanted uterus to other ligaments in the pelvis."
According to the article, "Uterus transplants are still in the research stage for women suffering from uterine factor infertility (UFI). A Swedish team already has successfully transplanted uteri harvested from live donors and achieved five pregnancies and four live births. In the coming months, the Cleveland Clinic team plans to transplant uteri from deceased donors into UFI female patients."
Patients who receive a uterine transplant will have to take anti rejection drugs throughout their pregnancies, which puts them at risk for infection, the article noted.
Furthermore, beside the ethical questions involving such a transplant procedure in men, there are "long-term health outcomes for transplant recipients and subsequent children" to consider, the article pointed out.
Oh yeah, every man wakes up feeling something is missing... “I wish I bled from my privates every month.” Yeah, right.
The same leftists who are against mucking about with hormones in food supplies want to muck about with hormones in humans (birth control from puberty on, birth control pills in our water supply, sex change therapy, male birth, etc.).
Liberalism is a mental disorder.
Yeah, but just wait until the ol' prostate starts acting up and you need one of these systoscopic exams.
Oh, they'll tell you that technology has much improved and it is really "not too bad."
That's what they'll tell you ...
Unusual occurrence at Nana’s house...
Nana struck dumb...and unable to type..
Media take note...
Yes we have arrived.
Well, I’m glad to see we are focusing attention on this scourge of humanity. After we get this pressing issue licked, we can clean up those minor annoyances that we have to deal with in our day-to-day lives such as cancer, Alzheimer’s, tuberculosis, superbugs, and so on. “Better Living Through Science”, I say.
If a Dem is in office when this happens, you can bet the house that it will be covered by insurance, by law.
In the meantime...I was a MAN, trapped in the body of...A MAN!!!! How boring.
Come to think of it, I’d like both sets of equipment. I’m always #$@#$ myself, anyway...
Are they going to adjust the pelvic opening at the same time?
Just because you CAN do something, doesn’t mean you SHOULD!
If you’re an avid golfer do you now get to tee off from the Lady’s tee’s?
And this does NOT fall under “Do no harm”? Really?
Too bad, because it's really, really funny.
The main question is...WHY?
peraps mr. kushking...bootybling will opt for this procedure??/
yep, that’s what the world needs. pregnant trannies
the procedures will of course be covered by insurance
It’s bad enough we have to have tampax ads on television. Just imagine the politically correct ones. On second thought, don’t.
Still have to get rid of that pesky ‘Y’ chromosome.
Jenner could be first in line!
But you have to shave your whole face every day! There IS
that bit of consolation! . . and you get nicks & cuts
necessitating styptic pencils! See? And . . we know you
all DO fuss with your hairdos! :o)
Evidently so...
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