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Fetal Lambs Grown for 4 Weeks in Artificial Womb

posted by n1 on Friday April 28 2017, @01:01AM   Printer-friendly
from the dear-little-Bottle-of-mine dept.

butthurt writes:

Various news outlets are reporting on work published in Nature Communications (open, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms15112) (DX) on:

[...] a system that incorporates a pumpless oxygenator circuit connected to the fetus of a lamb via an umbilical cord interface that is maintained within a closed 'amniotic fluid' circuit that closely reproduces the environment of the womb. [...] fetal lambs that are developmentally equivalent to the extreme premature human infant can be physiologically supported in this extra-uterine device for up to 4 weeks.

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by Scruffy Beard 2 on Friday April 28 2017, @01:32AM

    by Scruffy Beard 2 (6030) on Friday April 28 2017, @01:32AM (#500987)

    This current technology only works on fetuses developed enough to have a heart.
      (That is what "pumpless" is about in TFS: the heart serves as the blood circulation pump.)

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