Researchers at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have created an artificial womb. Inside of the womb, they placed a premature lamb fetus. They then kept the fetus in the womb for four ...

Even if the physical process of transferring a baby into the 'artificial womb' works, there are then other factors to consider to truly mimic a foetus’ experience in the womb, such as ...

Katherine Don at The Atlantic recently laid out the significant technical problems any attempt to develop an artificial uterus would face. 1. We actually don't know that much about the placenta.