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  • Italian Doctor Builds New, More Natural Vagina

    05/30/2007 1:25:00 PM PDT · by anymouse · 47 replies · 2,157+ views
    Reuters ^ | 5/30/2007 | Stephen Brown
    An Italian doctor has reconstructed vaginas for two women born with a rare congenital deformation, using their own cells to build vaginal tissue in the lab for the first time. Dr. Cinzia Marchese of Rome's Policlinico Umberto I hospital, giving details of the operations on Wednesday, told Reuters a 28-year-old woman who underwent the first such operation a year ago now has a healthy vagina. "She has got married and is living a normal life," said Marchese, whose study has been published in the journal Human Reproduction. The second operation was carried out on a 17-year-old girl on Tuesday and...