What's going on: 'Father' of the test-tube baby wins Nobel Prize

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The Associated Press, 1998Robert Edwards, the British pioneer of in-vitro fertilization treatment, sits with two of his "test-tube-babies," Sophie and Jack Emery, who turned 2 in London in 1998. Edwards has won the 2010 Nobel Prize in medicine.

From The Associated Press:

Stockholm — Robert Edwards of Britain won the 2010 Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for the development of in-vitro fertilization, a breakthrough that has helped millions of infertile couples to have children.

“His achievements have made it possible to treat infertility, a medical condition afflicting a large proportion of humanity including more than 10 percent of all couples worldwide,” the medicine prize committee in Stockholm said in its citation. ...

On July 25, 1978, Louise Brown in Britain became the first baby born through the groundbreaking procedure, marking a revolution in fertility treatment.

“Approximately 4 million individuals have been born thanks to IVF,” the citation said. “Today, Robert Edwards’ vision is a reality and brings joy to infertile people all over the world.”

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