Artificial Wombs In the Near Future?

New submitter DaemonDan writes "The first successful pregnancy by IVF was accomplished over 50 years ago, essentially creating a multi-billion dollar industry. Many scientists are trying to take it one step farther with a 100% test tube baby brought to term in an artificial womb. 'Cornell University's Dr. Hung-Ching Liu has engineered endometrial tissues by prompting cells to grow in an artificial uterus. When Liu introduced a mouse embryo into the lab-created uterine lining, "It successfully implanted and grew healthy," she said in this New Atlantis Magazine article. Scientists predict the research could produce an animal womb by 2020, and a human model by early 2030s.' The author of the article seems to believe that birth via artificial wombs could become the new norm, but is it really feasible, desirable or even affordable for the majority of Earth's population?"

Comments

Clone Army?

[A10Mechanic]

As long as they don't all have the surname "Fett"...

I don't understand

[fustakrakich]

Is there a baby shortage we should be concerned about?

Almost...

[Hatta]

Forget the artificial womb, who's working on an artificial vagina?

Cold World

[concealment]

Born in a test tube.

Nurtured in a plastic womb.

Raised by a telescreen.

Now another soldier for democracy, freedom and the American way...

Re:I thought the first successful IVF pregnancy wa

[NoMaster]

First successful *human* IVF.

The first successful IVF pregnancy & birth was in 1959 - a team at the Worcester Foundation, lead by Dr. Min Chueh Chang, successfully gave birth to a rabbit.

Well, OK, they didn't give birth to a rabbit per se - obviously another rabbit did - but they certainly had a hand in it, as it were...