Recently there has been a new technology that is being tested within the laboratory and has made headlines. These technology that I am referring is a plastic bad, but not just any plastic bag. This plastic bag is designed to mimic the womb of a mammal such that premature animals can continue to develop in an environment that closely resembles a mother
s womb. Although this is such a great idea, it is still not available to test on humans, but it has had great results with animal. This technology has the potential to save countless lives of premature babies and make sure that they can fully develop and grow normally. Personally I think that is a great technology to have for several reasons. I think that it has the potential to reduce the side effects or damaged is a result of being born premature, such as developing breathing problems. Breathing problems tends to result due to the lungs not being fully developed yet when the baby was born. According to an article found in Romper website, it mentions how “ your baby's lungs don't fully develop until the end of the third trimester”. Baby’s that are born before the third trimester, I feel are the ones that will benefit the most from this technology as it is during this time is crucial in the development of babies. This technology behind this also has the potential to change the lives of adults as well. I mainly see this technology being able to be used in adults who, for example, have sever spinal injuries the best possible way of reconstructing their spine is with the use of embryonic stem cell as they can be easy created and used within the womb of an animal. This could be really beneficial as it will not only provide an environment where stems cells can excel in their natural environment. Even thought this seems like a good idea to have, it still has some ethical issues within itself, mainly when it comes to trying to mess with nature in trying to recreate the process of creating life. This comes with its own issues such as any potential problems or dangers that could arise from this sort of technology. Whether there could be any reverse side effects that may have not been taken into consideration when the experiments first began. It can also cause a great deal of debate from people who are advocates of human life and against human experimentation. https://www.romper.com/p/11-problems-premature-babies-may-face-later-in-life-22437
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Mariel Calande
5/13/2017 03:18:32 pm
I read about this technology a week or two ago and thought it was very cool. Helping babies is a hugely important reason why this technology looks so promising. I do hope as well that they can someday maybe apply this to adults, like you mentioned. As long as scientists don't meddle with creating life artificially through this technology, then it may avoid the possible ethical issues.
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Akoni
5/13/2017 08:14:28 pm
I also have seen articles about this technology and think it's a good step forward for technology. There are always going to be people who take good advancements in technology, such as this one, and find a way to give it a bad connotation.
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Salvador Ramirez
5/13/2017 09:33:58 pm
Hello Jose,
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Tommy Ha
5/14/2017 07:32:04 pm
Hello Jose,
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Laura Chavez
5/16/2017 09:28:08 pm
This a great technology to be developing, it seems promising and maybe in the future it could be applied to humans.
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Ian Kindall
5/17/2017 12:14:48 am
As a premi-baby myself I can defiantly get behind this this technology getting developed. Though I did not have to many ill side effects I do remember having to take vitamins to help with certain deficiencies when I was really young.
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Joseph Molina
5/17/2017 06:56:42 pm
Jose,
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Alan Garcia
5/18/2017 01:51:50 pm
Unlike the abortion dilemma, I fell that this is pretty much forward. I don’t see why people would argue otherwise. The baby has been made already, there shouldn’t be any debate about. Obviously, if the evidence that the premature baby, would live a tough life, then some tough choice would have to be made. I don’t this really messes with nature, like say genetically modified super babies. This is more of saving a life. I am not neglecting the potential threats, but what doesn’t come with threats when the stakes are literally life or death.
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