Doctors Implant Lab-Grown Vaginas Into Four Women

April 11, 2014

Doctors have studied and struggled with MRKH for 25 years, but a research team from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center has finally found a way to normalize life for women with severe cases. Using the women’s own cells, the researchers have successfully grown vaginas in a laboratory setting and implanted them in four patients.

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Vicki Clinebell majored in journalism at the University of Colorado and headed to an advertising agency before beginning a long career in broadcasting, spanning production and copywriting to Sales and Management for an ABC affiliate station.

Her decision to switch gears to pursue a career in writing fulfilled a lifelong ambition. She started as a blogger for a diverse group of businesses, and now writes for a number of digital publications for companies stationed in her hometown in the Rocky Mountains, and provides advertising copy and media buys for national and regional clients. She finds the research as intersting as the writing—she loves learning about subjects as diverse as construction scaffolding, child safety seats, and the newest trends in beauty and fashion.