Science fiction is about to match up with reality as the world's first ' artificial womb facility ' has been announced - where you'll be able to choose your baby's characteristics from a menu.
EctoLife, the brainchild of Berlin-based Hashem Al-Ghaili, a biotechnologist and science communicator, is a concept based on over fifty years of groundbreaking scientific research.
In theory, they will be able to grow 30,000 babies a year in their lab, and Al-Ghaili believes the facilities would allow infertile couples to conceive a baby and become the true biological parents of their own offspring.
