Robert Edwards
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Robert Edwards was an English physiologist who pioneered the development of in-vitro fertilization (IVF), a medical technique that allows eggs to be fertilized outside the body. His work made it possible for infertile couples to have biological children, fundamentally transforming reproductive medicine and helping millions of people worldwide.
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- 1925-09-27
- Died
- 2013-04-10
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- 91
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Sir Robert Geoffrey Edwards (27 September 1925 – 10 April 2013) was a British physiologist and pioneer in reproductive medicine, and in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) in particular. Along with obstetrician and gynaecologist Patrick Steptoe and nurse and embryologist Jean Purdy, Edwards successfully pioneered conception through IVF, which led to the birth of Louise Brown on 25 July 1978. They founded the first IVF programme for infertile patients and trained other scientists in their techniques. Edwards was the founding editor-in-chief of Human Reproduction in 1986. In 2010, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for the development of in vitro fertilization".
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1925 births2013 deathsAlumni of Bangor UniversityAlumni of the University of EdinburghBritish andrologistsBritish eugenicistsBritish fellows of the Royal SocietyCommanders of the Order of the British EmpireEnglish knightsEnglish Nobel laureatesEnglish physiologistsFellows of Churchill College, Cambridge