A unique womb-like environment designed by pediatric researchers could transform care for extremely premature babies, by mimicking the prenatal fluid-filled environment to give the tiniest newborns a precious few weeks to develop their lungs and other organs.

“Our system could prevent the severe morbidity suffered by extremely premature infants by potentially offering a medical technology that does not currently exist,” said study leader Alan W. Flake, MD, a Fetal Surgeon and Director of the Center for Fetal Research in the Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). Read more.

In Animal Studies, CHOP Researchers Design Fluid-Filled Environment to Bridge Critical Time from Mother’s Womb to Outside World

Published April 25th by Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)

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