Ovarian tissue frozen years ago put into cancer survivor

Ovarian tissue frozen 11 years ago has been transplanted back into the womb of a 26-year-old cancer survivor using a robot. The woman was 15 when she decided to have her eggs removed so she could have a chance of starting a family despite undergoing fertility-crushing chemotherapy to cure her recurrent leukemia. Her tissue was removed by Dr Kutluk Oktay, the pioneering NYU Winthrop reproductive specialist and ovarian biologist who invented the precise freezing procedure in 1999. Now newly-married, the patient - who wishes to remain unidentified until she conceives - has returned to Dr Oktay's clinic to have her tissue thawed and re-implanted so she can start a family. 'This procedure is literally life-changing.