Since the publication of the successful animal trials of the Biobag, a prototypical extrauterine
support for extremely premature neonates, numerous ethicists have debated the potential …

Research teams have used extra-uterine systems (Biobags) to support premature fetal
lambs and to bring them to maturation in a way not previously possible. The researchers …

In 2017, a Philadelphia research team revealed the closest thing to an artificial womb (AW)
the world had ever seen. The 'biobag', if as successful as early animal testing suggests, will …

In a recent publication, I argued that there is a conceptual difference between artificial womb
(AW) technology, capable of facilitating gestation ex utero, and neonatal intensive care …

Since the early 1980's, with the clinical advent of in vitro fertilization resulting in so-called
“test tube babies,” a wide array of ethical considerations and concerns regarding artificial …

Five years ago, remarkable animal experiments on artificial womb technology (AWT) at
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) got us thinking about the ethical for premature …

Two research teams recently announced their success in gestating lambs in biobags. 1 The
scientists working on the development of these devices regard them as part of the drive …

In 2017, Partridge et al. published remarkable experimental results concerning the use of a
new artificial womb technology (AWT) with lambs, developed at Children's Hospital of …

After decades of technological development, fetal lamb studies of the artificial womb (AW)
and the artificial placenta (AP) have brought both within sight of an exciting milestone …

This PhD thesis considers legal and ethical questions surrounding the development of
artificial womb technologies. In 2017, scientists based in Philadelphia and in Western …