The Artificial Womb Is Born And The World of the Matrix Begins
The artificial womb exists. In Tokyo, researchers have developed a technique called EUFI — extrauterine fetal incubation. They have taken goat fetuses, threaded catheters through the large vessels in the umbilical cord and supplied the fetuses with oxygenated blood while suspending them in incubators that contain artificial amniotic fluid heated to body temperature.
Yoshinori Kuwabara, chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Juntendo University in Tokyo, has been working on artificial placentas for a decade. His interest grew out of his clinical experience with premature infants, and as he writes in a recent abstract, ”It goes without saying that the ideal situation for the immature fetus is growth within the normal environment of the maternal organism.”
Kuwabara and his associates have kept the goat fetuses in this environment for as long as three weeks. But the doctor’s team ran into problems with circulatory failure, along with many other technical difficulties. Pressed to speculate on the future, Kuwabara cautiously predicts that ”it should be possible to extend the length” and, ultimately, ”this can be applied to human beings.”
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”It goes without saying that the ideal situation for the immature fetus is growth within the normal environment of the maternal organism.” true that. I might sound like a hippy but i think the bond between the mother and fetus is important physically/emotionally.
ReplyDeleteMammalian mothers aren't static. They move about and live, sleep, eat, exposure to noises etc and the baby is part of this.
You're right John Said but this is an alternative for women who cannot conceive or carry a child. We all know...is a Pandora Box, but still is fascinating.
ReplyDeleteagreed. The scientific research is important and i know the application of such knowledge will be able to help in many situations.
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