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On April 27 2017, Scientists reports successfully growing lambs in artificially offering hope for preemies

-Researchers are creating an artificial womb to improve care for extremely premature babies in hopes of a better chance of survival
-It gives a more gentler solution than hooking them into a ventilator and other machines inside an incubator
-New approach mimics a womb-like environment and treats the preemies as fetuses inside a mother's womb and attached to it is a mechanical placenta that keeps blood oxygenated
-Animal-testing have been don on extremely premature lambs that were able to grow normal inside the system for three to four weeks
-Began with a tiny fetus that was able to spend most of its times sleeping. In four weeks, the fetus opened its eyes, grew wool and had the ability to breathe and swim
-Human testing is still far fetched, although this new experiment can make it faster as the team is already in discussions with the U.S Food and Drug Administration
-Objective: To attempt and save the most critically premature infant that are born before 26 weeks of gestation and even those rate the the limits of viability- 24-25 weeks.
- Extreme prematurity is a leading cause of infant mortality and the 10 percent that do make it have a majority of serious disabilities such as cerebral palsy (Movement disorders)
-Ability to deliver a baby that is physiologically 28 to 29 weeks in development.
- Lambs were delivered by C-Sections and immediately placed into the baobab.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/womb-artificial-1.4085545