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A hairless, pale-skinned lamb lies on its side in what appears to be an oversized sandwich bag filled with hazy fluid. Its eyes are closed, and its snout and limbs jerk as if the animal — which is only about three-quarters of the way through its gestation period — is dreaming.
Anti-abortion advocates see promise in artificial womb technology, or AWT, for increasing the chances of survival outside of the womb for premature infants.
Independent advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are meeting this week to discuss the regulations, ethics and possibilities of creating an artificial womb to increase the chances that extremely premature babies would survive \u2014 and without long-term health problems.
A team of US researchers, who, in 2017, first carried out the ‘artificial womb’ experiment, are now seeking FDA approval for its tests on humans
Regulators are expected to consider clinical trials of the system which mimics the womb