Edwards, Sir Robert
1925-09-27
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Sir Robert Edwards (1925–2013) a physiologist and Patrick Steptoe (1913–1988) a gynaecologist, pioneered IVF (in-vitro fertilisation) a therapy for the treatment of infertility.
In 1978 the world’s first ‘test-tube baby’ was born in Oldham, Lancashire, England.
Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_vitro_fertilisation
Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Edwards_(physiologist)
In 2010, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine “for the development of in vitro fertilization”.