A group of scientists from the Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology (China) firmly believe that they have developed an artificial uterus with the necessary capacity to gestate a human embryo without needing the presence of a woman.
The device has an artificial intelligence that is responsible for monitoring the growth of the fetus, and also ensures its safety during pregnancy. In an article published in the Chinese scientific journal ‘Journal of Biomedical Engineering’, the researchers indicate that a uterus is already working, although for now it has only been used with mice.
This artificial uterus has been baptized as the “long-term embryo culture device“, in the case of a system of containers where fetuses develop thanks to the supply of fluids with nutrients and oxygen.
english.biomedeng.cn/article/10.7507/1001-5515.202107053
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