Video of a lamb fetus in an artificial womb

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Physicians at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia placed fetal lambs into the transparent bags and connected their umbilical cords to a machine that oxygenated their blood. The lambs own hearts provided the pumping power.

The staff takes turns selecting music to play in the lab. Wednesdays are Frank’s day. Frank is under the impression that the proper ambience for the lab is a Korean children’s choir singing Mary Had a Little Lamb in scales slightly uncomfortable to the western ear…