50 years ago, lambs survived but didn’t thrive inside artificial wombs
Excerpt from the July 5, 1969 issue of Science News
![two photos of fetal lambs in artificial wombs](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/051019_MT_artificial-womb_feat.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
STAND-IN UTERUS Fifty years on, we may finally be on the cusp of using artificial wombs to support human preemie babies.
E.A. PARTRIDGE ET AL/NATURE COMMUNICATIONS 2017