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UK Teenager Receives First Testicular Tissue Transplant to Preserve Fertility

Surgeons in the UK performed the country's first testicular tissue transplant on a 19-year-old cancer patient who had no sperm after chemotherapy, using previously frozen tissue in an effort to restore his ability to have children.

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Oct 9, 2:39 AM euronews.com Frozen testicular tissue transplanted in bid to restore fertility after chemotherapy
Oct 7, 9:00 PM theguardian.com Teenager becomes first person to have testicular tissue transplant in UK
Oct 7, 8:22 PM news.sky.com 'Pioneering' surgery means young cancer patient may have children