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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

KID IN ARTIFICIAL WOMB. In 1996, Kuwabara in Japan "reported attempts at preserving a developing goat for three weeks in an incubator that reproduced the uterus and placenta, together with amniotic fluid and blood supply." http://www.nexthumanproject.com/references/Artificial_Wombs_NY_Academy_Sciences.p 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

ECTOGENESIS AND THE ARTIFICIAL WOMB. "In 1924, the British scientist J. B. S. Haldane coined the term “ectogenesis” to describe how human pregnancy would one day give way to artificial wombs. A small knot of scientists in the United States and Japan are experimenting with both live animals and human cells to mimic the functioning of the womb." http://lnkd.in/dqMgSUS 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

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

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

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

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

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