Month: September 2022

EMBRYO CULTURE. "Over the past few decades, significant advances have been made in developing conditions for culturing both pre- and postimplantation stage embryos." http://lnkd.in/dkz2xth View in LinkedIn

TEST TUBE WOMB. "Dr. Hung-Ching Liu ... has engineered endometrial tissue in the laboratory by taking cells from a woman’s endometrium and prompting them to grow on a biodegradable scaffolding shaped like a human uterus. When Liu introduced an embryo to the artificial uterine lining, it successfully implanted." http://lnkd.in/dqMgSUShttp://lnkd.in/duSV2_r) View in LinkedIn

PARTIAL ECTOGENESIS. "Carlo Bulletti, a professor of reproductive biotechnology at the University of Bologna, says that partial ectogenesis—growing foetuses between 14 and 35 weeks of pregnancy—is already within our reach if we were to use all of the knowledge and technology at our disposal." http://lnkd.in/d8NDttg View in LinkedIn

FETUSES SURVIVE from as early as 24 weeks of gestation today; partial ectogenesis is firmly underway in leading research hospitals, with a goal of complete ectogenesis. Partial ectogenesis from 14-24 weeks is said to be a realistic goal in the coming years. http://lnkd.in/d5zP7hX View in LinkedIn

PREMATURE BIRTH CARE = A FORM OF ECTOGENESIS: "ectogenesis may arrive much sooner than anticipated and ... we already have a form of ectogenesis in the neonatal ward." http://www.oxfordscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199545520.001.0001/acprof-9780199545520-chapter-17 View in LinkedIn

TEST TUBE BABY FEASIBLE. "Is it ... science fiction to say maybe in the far future you could have a real breathing embryo and have a child in the laboratory?” the interviewer asked. “That’s my final goal, ” was the answer. " http://lnkd.in/dqMgSUS View in LinkedIn

FORECAST FOR ARTIFICIAL WOMBS. "Speaking to a New York Times reporter in 1996, bioethicist Arthur Caplan thought sixty years was a foreseeable horizon for functional artificial wombs. “It’s technologically inevitable. Demand is hard to predict, but I’ll say significant.” http://lnkd.in/dqMgSUS View in LinkedIn

ARTIFICIAL UTERUS PERSPECTIVE. "The availability of computer-controlled artificial hearts, kidneys, and lungs, as well as the possibility of implanting human embryos in ex vivo uterus models or an artificial endometrium, presents new perspectives for creating an artificial uterus." http://lnkd.in/defyAJ7 View in LinkedIn

ECTOGENESIS SURVIVAL OF FETUSES. "According to studies between 2003 and 2005, 20 to 35 percent of babies born at 23 weeks of gestation survive, while 50 to 70 percent of babies born at 24 to 25 weeks, and more than 90 percent born at 26 to 27 weeks, survive. It is rare for a baby weighing less than 500g (17.6 ounces) to survive." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fetal_viability View in LinkedIn

NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNITS = ECTOGENESIS UNITS. "With the support of neonatal intensive care units, the limit of viability in the developed world has declined since 50 years ago, but has remained unchanged in the last 12 years. Currently the limit of viability is considered to be around 24 weeks although the incidence of major disabilities remains high at this point." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fetal_viability View in LinkedIn