About 15 million premature births occur annually worldwide, and in the U.S. these births cost around $26 billion.
Next week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will discuss how scientists should conduct initial human tests using bag-like wombs.
Philadelphia's Vitara Biomedical is close to human trials for their artificial womb, based on lamb testing. Vitara's artificial womb is a fluid-filled bag connected to tubes and machines and kept in a temperature-controlled environment. The tubes deliver amniotic fluid, while others provide oxygen and medications to the fetus through umbilical blood vessels, according to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.The aim is to help babies born between 23 and 28 weeks of pregnancy, experts say.
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