An artificial womb successfully grew

baby sheep — and humans could be

The lambs spent four weeks in the external wombs and seemed to develop normally

by: Carlos Gonzalez.

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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