Important Takeaways:
- FDA advisers discuss future of ‘artificial womb’ for human 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 — and without long-term health problems.
- Although no such device has been tested in humans, similar ones have been used in a handful of cases to successfully develop animals
- An artificial womb is not designed to replace a pregnant person; it could not be used from conception until birth. Rather, it could be used to help a small number of infants born before 28 weeks of pregnancy, which is considered extreme prematurity.
- “We believe that our preclinical data supports feasibility and safety and that it’s adequate for consideration of a carefully designed clinical study of artificial womb technology,” Flake told the committee.
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Revelations 13:14 “…by the signs that it is allowed to work in the presence of the beast it deceives those who dwell on earth…”
Important Takeaways:
- While a typical healthy pregnancy ends around 40 weeks, babies born after just 21 weeks in the womb have survived thanks to incubators, devices that keep prematurely born babies warm and safe until their bodies are developed enough to live outside the hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).
- At the other end, in the beginning, embryos for in vitro fertilization (IVF) are typically grown in the lab for a few days before implantation. Researchers have even grown embryos outside the body for up to two weeks (and they could probably go longer).
- Some scientists think we could take this a major step further, creating fully “artificial wombs” that provide the ideal environment from conception through gestation, eliminating the need to actually carry a baby inside the body.
- This hypothetical process of developing a fetus outside the body is known as “ectogenesis,” and not only would it eliminate the many health risks linked to pregnancy and childbirth, it would also make biological reproduction available to people for whom it’s currently difficult or impossible.
- In December 2022, biotechnologist and film producer Hashem Al-Ghaili released a short film depicting EctoLife, a fictional factory where hundreds of babies could grow in artificial wombs. Many mistook the concept for reality and lashed out against it as “scary” and “dystopian.”
- We’re a long way from baby factories, but if artificial wombs ever do come to fruition, the social backlash against them could prove temporary — IVF was once considered scary and unethical, too, but today, it’s largely accepted.
- Ultimately, concerns about the ethics of growing babies in artificial wombs will need to be weighed against the very real physical and mental trauma of human reproduction today and the challenges of infertility. If technology could potentially free people from that, is it unethical not to pursue it?
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Colossians 2:8 Beware lest anyone [a]cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ.
Important Takeaways:
- Brave New World: Artificial Wombs Could Be Here in a Few ‘Short Years’, Says German Molecular Biologist
- A molecular biologist in Germany has announced he is creating a fully functional artificial womb and claims that in a few “short years” it would replace traditional birth.
- The video is titled “Ectolife: The World’s First Artificial Womb Facility.” It shows details of a factory that can incubate up to 30,000 babies per year by utilizing 75 state-of-the-art labs containing up to 400 pods.
- According to the video, every pod is designed to replicate the exact functions of a women’s uterus allowing the baby to access nutrients, oxygen, hormones, and antibodies. Each pod would also monitor the unborn baby’s vital signs including the baby’s heartbeat, temperature, blood pressure, breathing rate, and oxygen levels. Physical and genetic abnormalities would be monitored as well.
- Al-Ghaili says “It’s a perfect solution for women who had their uterus surgically removed due to cancer or other complications. It could also help solve issues that stem from low sperm count… [it] could ultimately make miscarriage a thing of the past,” he said.
- According to the video, parents will be offered an “elite package” that would allow them to genetically edit their baby’s traits. That could include customizing the baby’s eye color, hair color, skin tone, physical strength, height, and level of intelligence.
- Al-Ghaili believes it is time to push a new form of birth and says Ectolife is the next logical step.
- “This would put an end to age-related infertility, forever,” Al-Ghaili wrote on Instagram. “So, why aren’t we doing this now? Because there are needless restrictions on research that deals with human embryos. Research on human embryos is not allowed beyond 14 days, and that’s a big issue! We need to change the rules and begin exploring options that will help people who are suffering from infertility.”
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Psalm 14:1 The Fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, They have done abominable works, There is none who does good.
Important Takeaways:
- Terrifying ‘artificial womb facility’ where parents can pick their baby’s traits
- EctoLife can grow up to 30,000 babies a year and parents can pick their children’s traits from a menu. The lab came about after fifty years of research, and is the brainchild of Berlin-baed Hashem Al-Ghaili
- Hashem explains: “Introducing EctoLife, the world’s first artificial womb facility, which is powered entirely by renewable energy.
- “According to the World Health Organization, around 300,000 women die from pregnancy complications.
- “EctoLife artificial womb is designed to alleviate human suffering and reduce the chances of C-sections.
- “With EctoLife, premature births and C-sections will be a thing of the past.”
- “Thanks to CRISPR-Cas 9 gene editing tool, you can edit any trait of your baby through a wide range of over 300 genes.
- “It also allows you to fix any inherited genetic diseases that are part of your family history so that your baby and their offspring will live a healthy comfortable life free of genetic diseases.”
- “In terms of timeframe, it really depends on the ethical guidelines. Right now, research on human embryos is not allowed beyond 14 days.
- “After 14 days, embryos must be destroyed due to ethical concerns.
- “If these ethical restrictions are relaxed, I give it 10 to 15 years before EctoLife becomes widely used everywhere.
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