Louise Brown was born at Oldham General Hospital in Lancashire, England, on 25 July 1978, the first person conceived by in vitro fertilisation. The method was developed by the physiologist Robert Edwards and the gynaecologist Patrick Steptoe, who had worked for over a decade despite opposition from the Medical Research Council, churches and the press. Edwards received the Nobel Prize in 2010. Since then more than 12 million babies have been born through IVF, and the technique became a routine fertility treatment worldwide.
Before and after
- 20 May 1978Construction of Narita International Airport
- 9 June 1978Birth of Miroslav Klose
- 20 June 1978Birth of Frank Lampard
- 22 June 1978Discovery of Charon
- 25 July 1978The first IVF baby is born
- 1 August 1978Establishment of Berchtesgaden National Park
- 6 August 1978Death of Paul VI
- 23 August 1978Birth of Kobe Bryant
- September 1978Human insulin is made in bacteria
More in Science & technology
- 1945Invention of computer
- 1964Discovery of rutherfordium
- 29 October 1969Invention of Internet
- July 1974Discovery of seaborgium
- 1984Discovery of hassium
- 15 January 2001Wikipedia
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