Scientists Grow Lamb Fetus Inside Artificial Womb

Researchers at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have created an artificial womb. Inside of the womb, they placed a premature lamb fetus. They then kept the fetus in the womb for four weeks. The big question was: Would the lamb fetus survive?

Turns out, it didn't just survive, it thrived. Over its four weeks in the artificial womb, the lamb started to grow a wool coat, gained weight, and even opened its eyes. The researchers successfully tested eight lamb fetuses this way. But growing lamb fetuses is just the beginning.

Ultimately, the researchers are working toward creating an artificial womb that could sustain premature human babies. Preemies haven't had time to fully develop in the womb and, therefore, are at a higher risk of health problems throughout their life.

If doctors could place a preemie inside of an artificial womb where it could spend its remaining weeks fully developing, this could completely change that baby's life. The researchers emphasized that future artificial wombs for humans could only sustain babies born after 23 weeks in the womb.

So, the mother's womb is still essential for conception and early-stage development.

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Scientists Grow Lamb Fetus Inside Artificial Womb

[YummySoapbar]

Imagine being in a roast battle and someone says “ YEAH WELL AT LEAST I WASENT BORN IN A BAG!”

[junodelcampo]

Katy Perry:
Do you ever feel like a plastic bag?

Baby from the future:
No, but I was born from *one*

[isaacthemonke]

Instead of doing autopsies they could've just let the lamb continue to live and waited however long. That way they could've studied it to see if it developed some immunity to any diseases or not

[lalmuanawmapachuau]

"Autopsies later showed that their organs also developed properly" well that escalated quickly

[Nina-shzs]

"Autopsies showed..." They fail to mention this but they euthananized the lambs to study their organs and see how they developed. Science is amazing, but it can also be absolutely brutal

[ascendedweeb]

Lamb:THIS ISN'T EVEN MY FINAL FORM

[dweebteambuilderjones]

Comments: "Your mom's a plastic bag LOL."
Reality: "Oh shit, my baby fell out two months early, stick it in the Safety Baggie."

[fickleme]

scientists: hey maybe we can help premature babies
people on YouTube: these are the end times.

[junkbotbionicle]

you had me going until the word "autopsy"

[lakenziesmith]

"They grew wool and opened their eyes!"
Me: "awwww! :D"
"Autopsies also report their organs developed as well."
Me: "autopsies... aw :("

[ultrad-rex]

Imagine not being born but rather developing inside a false womb in a laboratory, then seeing yourself inside an electronic pod, not in a mother's arms. That's a nightmare.

[damirchesney]

Everyone: “3-5 more years before human test”
Also everyone: looks at date

[Miimu]

Great. Now there's gonna be a Matrix movie about how lambs get unplugged from the Lamb Matrix

[Xehxna]

Well if the mother died while pregnant this would be a good way to try and save the baby while allowing it to still develope

[NeverWokeNotASoiBoy]

Damn, they force the early birth of the lamb, most likely at the cost of the mother, to then save the lamb by allowing it to grow full term, to then kill the lamb to study it's organs.

Brutal

Silence of the lambs.

[privatesector]

Parent-teacher conference.

Little girl shows up with a plastic bag.

[shokdj]

Imagine being unplugged from the matrix to find out you’re actually a lamb

[stormerthend]

Only the kids in their mother's womb will remember this

[gabg]

Artificial womb technology could save species at risk of extinction. Save premature babies and enable the development of organs in the laboratory, reducing queues for transplants.

In addition to all this, it can give the opportunity for male couples to have children independently, women will have a pain-free alternative.

[DrFish]

Feminists: We can live without men because we can use produce sperm from bone marrow!
Men: We have this bag