Is there an artificial womb?

Although the uterus is a reproductive organ that every woman has, for some women, the uterus cannot function normally due to certain uterine diseases or pathological conditions. In this case, many doctors will resort to hysterectomy, so many people would like to use some artificial uterus to make up for the defect. So let’s find out whether artificial uterus exists or not.

In fact, giving birth and raising a child really requires a lot of sacrifices for pregnant mothers. The first is the issue of their own health. For the sake of their children, mothers have no choice but to risk their lives and fight against fate, and it takes a lot of time.

Even after paying so much, the children may not be so lucky. Many children leave their mother's womb prematurely and rely on nutritional injections, ventilators and other equipment to fight for a chance to live. But everyone knows that this process is really too painful. In addition, many premature babies suffer from lung infections due to various reasons.

After a long period of statistics, it was found that basically one in every ten children is a premature baby, and children born before 23 weeks are basically judged to be dead. For babies born prematurely beyond 24 weeks, the probability of survival is 55%. Even if the baby survives, it may have some sequelae.

Human beings are constantly working hard and constantly studying. An artificial womb is probably the dream of many people. After many years of research, researchers at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in the United States have finally created a womb and successfully helped premature lambs continue to live in the artificial womb.

Although to a certain extent, the artificial uterus and the fetus in the mother sheep created in this way, the lambs in the experiment could not absorb a lot of oxygen and nutrients from the mother. Instead, they were connected through the umbilical cord and a specially made mechanical placenta to achieve blood oxygenation. No matter what, the lambs can still grow up healthily. This artificial uterus is actually similar to a plastic bag and can be kept sterile, so that the lamb can absorb nutrients just like it does in the mother's body.

In the grassland, a group of lambs are constantly moving and eating grass. In fact, no one can find out which lamb is different. But no matter what, even if that kind of lamb has passed through an artificial womb and is lucky enough to survive, can you feel the difference of this lamb now?

In fact, today's artificial lambs only help very weak premature lambs to survive their difficult period, and the role they play is better than traditional incubators. After all, the artificial uterus is sterile. But in the coming year, scientists will use this thing on humans, hoping that such a womb can maintain the life of premature babies to a large extent. Allowing premature babies to live longer, making them the same as they were in the mother's womb.

Although such an artificial uterus cannot yet allow the embryo to grow from the initial stage to a full month, the current state is already very impressive.