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VORKOSIGAN SAGA VISION OF THE FUTURE. "The uterine replicator ... allowed unborn human fetuses to be gestated in vitro, rather than in a woman's body. 'Gene-cleaning' was a major use of the replicator. Defects in the zygote could be looked for and eliminated prior to birth, removing any genetic problems, such as diseases or inherited traits (like a weak heart)." http://lnkd.in/d7pDnZ6 View in LinkedIn

ARTIFICIAL UTERUS. "This can potentially be performed as a switch from a natural uterus to an artificial uterus, thereby moving the threshold of fetal viability to a much earlier stage of pregnancy. In this sense, it can be regarded as a neonatal incubator with very extended functions." http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_uterus 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

SURROGATE HYBRID EGG WOMBS. "In 2002, researchers at the Institute of Zoology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences reported the creation of 2,300 hybrid panda-rabbit embryos (produced by inserting panda DNA into enucleated rabbit eggs) and their implantation into rabbit wombs." (Resurrection of extinct species can follow a similar path). http://lnkd.in/dqMgSUS 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

UTERINE REPLICATORS. "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 ... Pressed to speculate on the future, Kuwabara cautiously predicts that ''it should be possible to extend the length ... this can be applied to human beings.'' http://lnkd.in/dKqpRBm 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

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