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A woman who was the first to have a successful womb transplant from a dead donor has had her pregnancy terminated after the embryo showed no heartbeat, doctors in Turkey have said.
Derya Sert, 22, who was born without a womb, had been receiving in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment after the transplant in August 2011.
Her pregnancy was announced in April.
But in a statement released today by Akdeniz University Hospital in Turkey's Mediterranean city of Antalya, it read: 'Derya Sert's pregnancy was terminated after her end of eight weeks examination showed no embryo heartbeat.
'The general health status of the patient is fine.
'IVF will be continued when she is ready, in appropriate conditions.'
Thousands of British women born without a womb were given hope if the breakthrough treatment succeeded.
But some British experts, including Lord Winston, claim that a pregnancy could cause potentially fatal complications.
The baby would have to be born by caesarean, which carries the risks of surgery.
Prof Ozkan performed the pioneering transplant on 22-year-old Derya Sert in August 2011.
Prof Ozkan, from Akdeniz University...
Derya Sert, 22, who was born without a womb, had been receiving in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment after the transplant in August 2011.
Her pregnancy was announced in April.
But in a statement released today by Akdeniz University Hospital in Turkey's Mediterranean city of Antalya, it read: 'Derya Sert's pregnancy was terminated after her end of eight weeks examination showed no embryo heartbeat.
'The general health status of the patient is fine.
'IVF will be continued when she is ready, in appropriate conditions.'
Thousands of British women born without a womb were given hope if the breakthrough treatment succeeded.
But some British experts, including Lord Winston, claim that a pregnancy could cause potentially fatal complications.
The baby would have to be born by caesarean, which carries the risks of surgery.
Prof Ozkan performed the pioneering transplant on 22-year-old Derya Sert in August 2011.
Prof Ozkan, from Akdeniz University...