womb
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The condition - which affects one in 10 women in the UK - is when tissue similar to the lining of the womb grows outside of it.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
It might be possible to find ways to predict, prevent or improve womb age, they say.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
By the end of “Made in America,” Nakajima is no longer trying to find her way back to her mother’s womb.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026
Thomas Pearce, 19, from Old Colwyn, Conwy, has Pfeiffer Syndrome, which causes the skull to prematurely fuse in the womb, distorting the shape of the head and face.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
He and I had talked about how odd it was that we were called “twins” when we were really nothing more than siblings who happened to grow in the womb together at the same time.
From "Confessions of a Murder Suspect" by James Patterson
No details have been made public about the three women who have so far received wombs from deceased donor organs.
From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2025
With this new definition, people who need to “borrow” DNA and wombs from fertility helpers—egg donors, sperm donors, and gestational carriers—have more protection from being discriminated against at fertility clinics and by insurance companies.
From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2023
After the 2017 study generated extensive media coverage, fears spread that artificial wombs could one day replace pregnancy.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 18, 2023
Still, he and other neonatologists acknowledge that development of radical technology such as artificial wombs may be needed to move the needle much further.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 17, 2021
They were all hidden away on the longbeds in their bags like babies in wombs, invisible, indistinguishable.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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