Steptoe, Patrick
1913-06-09
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IVF (in-vitro fertilisation) is a therapy for the treatment of infertility, it was pioneered in Britain by:
Sir Robert Edwards (1925–) a physiologist and
Patrick Steptoe (1913–88) a gynaecologist.
In 1978 the world’s first ‘test-tube baby’ was born in Oldham, Lancashire.
Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Steptoe