In the latest effort to improve care for extremely premature newborns, researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia have developed a womb-like device that’s intended to mimic the prenatal fluid-filled environment needed to develop premature newborn organs. Illustration: Children’s Hospital of PhiladelphiaIn the latest effort to improve care for extremely premature newborns, researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia have developed a womb-like device that’s intended to mimic the prenatal fluid-filled environment needed to develop premature newborn organs. Illustration: Children’s Hospital of PhiladelphiaTo improve care for extremely premature newborns, researchers have been experimenting with technology that could act as an artificial placenta and mimic the womb environment to give delicate lungs more time to develop. In the latest effort, doctors at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia reported Tuesday that they kept premature lambs alive in a bag of fluid for longer and with better health outcomes than in previous artificial-womb...

Source: Wall Street Journal April 25, 2017 15:00 UTC