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Freezing ovaries for later use is 'burgeoning technology'

Katie Trebing is believed to be the youngest girl to have an ovary removed and frozen for future use.

Ovarian cryopreservation has been done for about a decade. The first -- and so far only -- birth in the United States after ovarian tissue was removed, frozen and later reimplanted, occurred in September 2005, to Ann Dauer, then 33. She had a baby girl she named Sienna. Dauer surprised doctors...

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