Artificial wombs to save extreme premature baby

Advancement in pioneering technology of an artificial womb to save extremely premature babies is being hailed as a medical and biotechnological breakthrough, revealed researchers.

Recently published in the medical publication, the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, the study presented world-first data demonstrating the ability of an artificial placenta-based life support platform to maintain extremely preterm lamb foetuses (600-700g); equivalent to a human fetus at 24 weeks of gestation.