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Japan has created the first artificial womb

Posted on 5/25/25 at 3:12 pm
Posted by LSUDVM1999
North Carolina
Member since Aug 2010
2304 posts
Posted on 5/25/25 at 3:12 pm
Now all we need to wait on is the singularity so Skynet can fulfill it's prophecy.

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If birth is the beginning of life, what happens when we move that beginning outside the body?

Japan has just answered that question with one of the most stunning scientific firsts of the decade: the successful development of an artificial womb capable of sustaining mammalian embryos entirely outside of a biological uterus.

We’re not talking incubators.

Not neonatal care for premature infants. This is not a machine helping life along…it’s a machine starting life.

An artificial environment where an embryo can grow, develop, and prepare for birth without ever entering a human womb.




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Posted by LegendInMyMind
Member since Apr 2019
66791 posts
Posted on 5/25/25 at 3:33 pm to
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We’re not talking incubators.

Semantics.
Posted by Espritdescorps
Member since Nov 2020
2277 posts
Posted on 5/25/25 at 3:34 pm to
I honestly have a hard to comprehending what makes the Japanese excel.. they underwent 200 years of modernization in 20 years during the Meiji restoration and almost whooped our arse only 70 years removed from fighting with bow and arrows and swords. Ofcourse they are the first to create an artificial womb
Posted by minimal
Member since Feb 2007
856 posts
Posted on 5/25/25 at 3:36 pm to
the land of wild fetishism has completed the first artificial "womb"
why is this not surprising
Posted by highcotton2
Alabama
Member since Feb 2010
10079 posts
Posted on 5/25/25 at 3:37 pm to
These instagram models are going to be clamoring for this. They can have a baby without ruining their bodies.
Posted by Volvagia
Fort Worth
Member since Mar 2006
52414 posts
Posted on 5/25/25 at 3:38 pm to
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Semantics


Wut?



There isn’t an incubator in existence that does what is mentioned in the OP.

And the scope of application for complex organisms are miles away from this, with an incubator just being a box that controls heat and humidity.
Posted by Volvagia
Fort Worth
Member since Mar 2006
52414 posts
Posted on 5/25/25 at 3:40 pm to
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These instagram models are going to be clamoring for this. They can have a baby without ruining their bodies.


Hey, if that’s what it takes to have the son of Paul Skenes take the mound in 19 years, so be it.
Posted by imjustafatkid
Alabama
Member since Dec 2011
58528 posts
Posted on 5/25/25 at 3:42 pm to
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There isn’t an incubator in existence that does what is mentioned in the OP.



Yes there is. See: OP.
Posted by John Barron
The Mar-a-Lago Club
Member since Sep 2024
14572 posts
Posted on 5/25/25 at 3:42 pm to
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Wut?



Pay no attention to Legend. He is a grumpy old man that hates Human Progression. He hates AI,Twitter, and now artificial wombs
This post was edited on 5/25/25 at 3:43 pm
Posted by tiggerthetooth
Big Momma's House
Member since Oct 2010
62982 posts
Posted on 5/25/25 at 3:42 pm to
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These instagram models are going to be clamoring for this. They can have a baby without ruining their bodies.

Celebrities already use surrogates.
This post was edited on 5/25/25 at 3:44 pm
Posted by Volvagia
Fort Worth
Member since Mar 2006
52414 posts
Posted on 5/25/25 at 3:44 pm to
Except an incubator doesn’t gestate. Not for humans, birds, or anything. It’s outside the scope of the definition of the word. Thing in OP does.

So as the article says, term doesn’t apply.

It’s like calling a pedal powered bike a racing car.
This post was edited on 5/25/25 at 3:49 pm
Posted by tiggerthetooth
Big Momma's House
Member since Oct 2010
62982 posts
Posted on 5/25/25 at 3:45 pm to
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Pay no attention to Legend. He is a grumpy old man that hates Human Progression. He hates AI,Twitter, and now artificial wombs


What is the benefit of artificial wombs?

Humans were designed over thousands of years to have children, having children isnt a problem.

Artificial wombs are wonderful for people who hate humanity.

The most popular crowd to use these technologies are the most soulless and inhumane.
Posted by TigerFanatic99
South Bend, Indiana
Member since Jan 2007
32858 posts
Posted on 5/25/25 at 3:46 pm to
Im curious if it has to be a formed embryo placed in it, or can an egg be inseminated in it?
Posted by Joshjrn
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2008
30039 posts
Posted on 5/25/25 at 3:48 pm to
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Semantics.

I mean, to an extent, but “to incubate” is rooted in “to lie upon”. The entire concept of incubation is to keep something warm so it can develop. Anything that helps with conception, provides nutrients, or anything else vastly outstrips “incubation”.
Posted by Chicken
Jackassistan
Member since Aug 2003
24522 posts
Posted on 5/25/25 at 3:50 pm to
You get a womb with a view...
Posted by Volvagia
Fort Worth
Member since Mar 2006
52414 posts
Posted on 5/25/25 at 3:50 pm to
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Im curious if it has to be a formed embryo placed in it, or can an egg be inseminated in it?


I’d imagine a prerequisite step is IVF
This post was edited on 5/25/25 at 3:51 pm
Posted by xGeauxLSUx
United States of Atrophy
Member since Oct 2008
21847 posts
Posted on 5/25/25 at 4:08 pm to
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Semantics

I’m anti-semantic
Posted by Fencepimp
Brusly
Member since Jun 2022
895 posts
Posted on 5/25/25 at 4:08 pm to
I thought Flesh Light was the first
Posted by xGeauxLSUx
United States of Atrophy
Member since Oct 2008
21847 posts
Posted on 5/25/25 at 4:09 pm to
That’s a vag not a womb, virgin.
Posted by LegendInMyMind
Member since Apr 2019
66791 posts
Posted on 5/25/25 at 4:10 pm to
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Wut?



There isn’t an incubator in existence that does what is mentioned in the OP.

And the scope of application for complex organisms are miles away from this, with an incubator just being a box that controls heat and humidity.


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It includes:

A fluid-filled, temperature-controlled biobag that simulates amniotic fluid

An oxygenation system that mimics umbilical cord blood exchange

A nutrient delivery circuit that supplies everything an embryo needs to grow

Sensors and AI regulators that monitor fetal movement, heartbeat, and development in real time





What happens when it loses power?
This post was edited on 5/25/25 at 4:11 pm
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