Bio-engineered vaginas developed using the patients’ own cells

Bio-engineered vaginas developed using the patients’ own cellsMayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome is a condition caused by genetic disorder in which young ladies are conceived either without a vagina or with one that is still immature. It is not that there weren't any ways to do so earlier but those had their own drawbacks. But now four young ladies have indicated incredible success with vaginal organ implants that were developed from their very own cells.

The study was conducted on four young women all of whom were born with the condition called MRKH, aged between 13 and 18 years of age when the procedure was performed between 2005 and 2008.

A group from North Carolina's Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, headed by Dr. Anthony Atala, began by collecting muscle and epithelial cells (the last of which line pits inside the body) from each of these four young lady's existing genitals on their external parts.

Later these cells were implanted into a biodegradable framework like material, which was hand-sewn into a vagina-like shape that was intended to fit the member. Five to six weeks later, the group surgically made a waterway in every young lady's pelvis, then joined her custom-fit framework into it.

After that the cells developed into muscle and epithelial tissue, while neighboring cells additionally developed into the framework, step by step trading it as it biodegraded into the body.