A new Penn Medicine study evaluating a decade of uterus transplants concludes the procedure has moved from experimental intervention to a replicable, largely successful clinical therapy for people without a uterus.
To date, nine babies have been born from transplants performed at Penn, according to the study. Three of those transplant recipients, all of whom have delivered a healthy baby, are trying to get pregnant again.
Ten years ago, a uterus transplant was considered an experimental intervention, the study notes. The new findings, drawn from a decade of these procedures, indicate the technique is now largely successful in allowing women to achieve a live birth.
The research was published by Penn Medicine and highlighted by Penn Today, the University of Pennsylvania's news outlet, on September 30, 2026.