Engineered uterus

An engineered uterus is an organ cultured or tissue engineered uterus in vitro. Organ culture is the cultivation of either whole organs or parts of organs in vitro. Using engineered uterus is not yet tried to human, but successful childbirth in rabbit was observed.^[1]

Ethics

The use of a bioengineered uterus may be regarded as more ethical than the uterus transplant of donated uterus.^[2][why?]

See also

• Artificial womb
• Male pregnancy
• Transgender pregnancy

References

1. Magalhaes, Renata S.; Williams, J. Koudy; Yoo, Kyung W.; Yoo, James J.; Atala, Anthony (November 2020). "A tissue-engineered uterus supports live births in rabbits". Nature Biotechnology. 38 (11): 1280–1287. doi:10.1038/s41587-020-0547-7. PMC 7641977. PMID 32601434.
2. Kendal, Evie; Koplin, Julian J. (January 2022). "The Moral Superiority of Bioengineered Wombs and Ectogenesis for Absolute Uterine Factor Infertility". Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics. 31 (1): 73–82. doi:10.1017/S0963180121000827. PMID 35049456. S2CID 246042242.