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Inside what look like oversized bags with tubes of blood and fluid, eight fetal
lambs continued to develop much like they would have inside their
mothers. Over four weeks, their lungs and brains grew, they sprouted wool,
opened their eyes, wriggled around, and learned to swallow, according to a
new study that takes the first step toward an artificial womb. One day, this
device could help to bring premature human babies to term outside the
uterus but right now, it has only been tested on sheep.
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