Winner & Loser

A woman takes spiders with child out of their world, and a woman spies a second chance at bringing a child into the world

Tuesday, Aug. 17, 1999

    • Winner

    Margaret Lloyd-Hart, a 30-year-old who had become menopausal after her ovaries were removed, started menstruating again after receiving a transplant of some of her own ovarian tissue. The procedure could lead to new hope for women who become infertile after cancer or other illnesses.

    Loser

    The unidentified woman was arrested at the airport in Frankfurt, Germany, when her luggage was found to contain 1,300 Mexican bird spiders, a protected species. The spiders, most of which were pregnant females, had a market value of $475,000; the woman faces up to three years in jail.