Cleveland Clinic says first uterus transplant in US fails

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's first uterus transplant has failed, the Cleveland Clinic announced Wednesday, saying doctors had removed the organ.

According to the United Network for Organ Sharing, which oversees the nation's transplant system, two other hospitals have been approved for uterus transplant studies:

If any of the future experimental transplants work, participants would have to wait for a year to ensure the new uterus is healed before pregnancy even would be attempted, by in vitro fertilization using previously frozen embryos.