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First baby born out of a donated uterus from a deceased donor will be a year old this month!

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https://youtu.be/vDvlaZsQq5s Last year the Hospital das Clínicas at the University of São Paulo School of Medicine in Brazil welcomed the first ever baby born out of a transplanted uterus from a deceased donor. The 32 year-old recipient who was born with Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome, a condition characterized by the presence of underdeveloped reproductive organs or total …

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Dengvaxia Controversy: and a nation’s desperate fight against dengue

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Dengvaxia manufacturer Sanofi Pasteur recently announced that the anti-dengue vaccine may cause "severe illness" in patients who have not been exposed to the infection prior to getting the shots. What happens now to the 80,000 children without previous dengue infection who were vaccinated?