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Regenerative medical techniques now offer a greater possibility than ever to regrow human tissue, especially dermal tissue, lost in prior trauma. Regenerative medicine has been used to recreate vaginas of women with some congenital conditions<ref>{{REFnews
| last=Richardson | first=Karen | coauthors= | url=http://www.wakehealth.edu/News-Releases/2014/Laboratory-Grown_Vaginas_Implanted_in_Patients,_Scientists_Report.htm | title=Laboratory-Grown Vaginas Implanted in Patients, Scientists Report | publisher=Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center | workwebsite= | quote= | date=2014-04-10 | accessdate=2015-07-15
}}</ref>. Experiments have been performed to regenerate the penis of rabbits.<ref>{{REFnews
| last=Geggel | first=Laura | coauthors= | url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/scientists-developing-lab-grown-penis-for-transplant/ | title=Scientists developing lab-grown penis for transplant | publisher=CBS News | workwebsite=LiveScience | quote= | date=2014-10-09 | accessdate=2015-07-15
}}</ref> <ref>{{REFnews
| last= | first= | coauthors= | url=http://www.wakehealth.edu/Research/Urology/Regenerative-Medicine/Engineered-Penile-Erectile-Tissue.htm | title=Engineered Penile Erectile Tissue | publisher=Wake Forest School of Medicine | work= | quote= | date= | accessdate=2015-07-15
}}</ref><ref>{{REFnews
| last=Mohammadi | first=Dara | coauthors= | url=http://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/oct/04/penis-transplants-anthony-atala-interview | title=The lab-grown penis: approaching a medical milestone | publisher=The Guardian | work= | quote= | date=2014-10-04 | accessdate=2015-07-15
}}</ref> Also progress has been made in penile transplants<ref>{{REFnews
| last=Smith | first=David | coauthors= | url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/13/south-africa-man-penis-transplant | title=Man gets world's first successful penis transplant after botched circumcision | publisher=The Guardian | work= | quote= | date=2015-03-13 | accessdate=2015-07-15
}}</ref> <ref>{{REFnews
| last=Feltman | first=Rachel | coauthors= | url=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/man-who-had-worlds-first-penis-transplant-to-become-a-father-10315628.html | title=Man who had world's first penis transplant to become a father | publisher=The Independent | work= | quote= | date=2015-06-12 | accessdate=2015-07-15
}}</ref> and phalloplasties<ref>{{REFnews
| last=Ho | first=Vivian | coauthors= | url=http://www.sfgate.com/health/article/Man-may-be-1st-to-father-child-with-reconstructed-5416853.php | title=Man may be 1st to father child with reconstructed penis | publisher=SFGate | work= | quote= | date=2014-04-22 | accessdate=2015-07-15
}}</ref>. However, regenerative medicine has not yet been applied to those who have been circumcised and no longer wish to be.