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In this photo provided by the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, fetal physiologist Marcus G. Davey of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, who helped design the artificial womb system. He is shown near giant tanks holding a liquid designed to simulate amniotic fluid. Researchers are creating an artificial womb to improve care for extremely premature babies, and animal testing suggests the first-of-its-kind watery incubation so closely mimics mom that it just might work. (Ed Cunicelli/Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia via AP)
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In this photo provided by the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Dr. Alan Flake a fetal surgeon at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia who is leading the research to develop a fluid-filled incubation system that mimics a mother’s womb, to help extremely premature infants. Researchers are creating an artificial womb to improve care for extremely premature babies, and animal testing suggests the first-of-its-kind watery incubation so closely mimics mom that it just might work. (Ed Cunicelli/Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia via AP)
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In this drawing provided by the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, an illustration of a fluid-filled incubation system that mimics a mother’s womb, in hopes of one day improving survival of extremely premature babies. In animal testing, fetal lambs grew for up to four weeks inside a bag filled with a substitute for amniotic fluid, while the heart pumped blood into a machine attached to the umbilical cord that supplied oxygen like a placenta normally would. (Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia via AP)
