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Artificial Womb Shows Promise In Animal Study : Shots - Health News : NPR - 0 views

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  • Lottie Peppers on 26 Apr 17
     
    Scientists have created an "artificial womb" in the hopes of someday using the device to save babies born extremely prematurely. So far the device has only been tested on fetal lambs. A study published Tuesday involving eight animals found the device appears effective at enabling very premature fetuses to develop normally for about a month.
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Artificial Womb Works for Lambs, Study Shows - The Atlantic - 0 views

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    For a study published Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications, Partridge and other researchers from Philadelphia suspended premature lambs, a close animal model for human fetuses, in a liquid-filled, artificial womb, allowing them to further develop for four weeks-longer than in past similar attempts.
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