{"id":5372,"date":"2025-10-10T08:04:30","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T12:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/socialmed\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=5372"},"modified":"2025-10-10T08:08:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T12:08:33","slug":"beyond-the-cradle-exploring-the-bioethics-of-artificial-womb-technology-for-extreme-prematurity","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/socialmed\/event\/beyond-the-cradle-exploring-the-bioethics-of-artificial-womb-technology-for-extreme-prematurity\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond the Cradle: Exploring the Bioethics of Artificial Womb Technology for Extreme Prematurity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>When:<\/strong>\u00a0Thursday &amp; Friday October 30-31, 2025<br \/>\n<strong>Where:<\/strong>\u00a0Duke University School of Medicine<br \/>\n<strong>Who:<\/strong>\u00a0Everyone interested in the ethics of Artificial Womb Technology for extreme prematurity (clinicians, researchers, patients, ethicists, etc.)<br \/>\n<strong>Cost:<\/strong>\u00a0Free<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/duke.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_aaF3dIsGhReZ3Rc\"><strong>Register Today!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Artificial womb technology is a new and groundbreaking technology aimed at helping extremely premature infants (born at 22-24 weeks of gestation) continue to develop in a fetal state. While this technology has shown success in fetal lambs and is now moving towards human trials, questions about the ethical, legal, and societal implications warrant discussion. This two-day symposium will bring together speakers to present chapters for a planned anthology intended to help inform and guide future research.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Day One:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>History of Neonatal Incubation\/\u00a0Dr. Jeffrey Baker,\u00a0Duke University School of Medicine<\/li>\n<li>History of Neonatal Innovation\/\u00a0Dr. Johanna Schoen, Rutgers University<\/li>\n<li>Extreme Prematurity\/ Dr.\u00a0Katharine\u00a0Callahan,\u00a0Children\u2019s Hospital of Philadelphia<\/li>\n<li>Artificial Womb Technology\/ Dr. Alan Flake,\u00a0Children\u2019s Hospital of Philadelphia<\/li>\n<li>Moral Status of the Fetonate<strong>\/\u00a0<\/strong>Dr. James Mumford,\u00a0University of Virginia<\/li>\n<li>Ethics of Viability\/\u00a0Dr. Christopher Collura,\u00a0Mayo Clinical College of Medicine<\/li>\n<li>Research Ethics\/\u00a0Dr. Robert Nelson, Johnson &amp; Johnson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"O1\"><strong>Day Two:<\/strong><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Legal Considerations\/\u00a0Dr. Henry &#8220;Hank&#8221; Greely,\u00a0Stanford Law School<\/li>\n<li><strong>Maternal and Societal Considerations\/ Dr. Anne Lyerly,\u00a0UNC-Chapel Hill<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Justice &amp; Distribution\/\u00a0Dr. Lisa McElroy,\u00a0Duke University School of Medicine<\/li>\n<li>Future Directions\/ Dr. Felix De Bie, Duke University School of Medicine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When:\u00a0Thursday &amp; Friday October 30-31, 2025 Where:\u00a0Duke University School of Medicine Who:\u00a0Everyone interested in the ethics of Artificial Womb Technology for extreme prematurity (clinicians, researchers, patients, ethicists, etc.) Cost:\u00a0Free Register Today! 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