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by Max Power on April 6th, 2006

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When was the first in vitro fertilization procedure performed?

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  • by Alatea on April 13th, 2006

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    In Vitro Fertilization Pre-Embryo Transfer (IVF-ET) is a fertility procedure which first succeeded as recently as 1978 by Dr. Edwards (an embryologist) and Dr. Steptoe (a gynecologist) in England. Since then the technology has been further refined and developed by physicians and embryologists, with over 20,000 babies born worldwide.

    http://www.ivf.com/ivffaq.html

    The technique was developed in the United Kingdom by Doctors Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards. The first so-called "test-tube baby", Louise Brown, was born as a result on July 25, 1978 amid intense controversy over the safety and morality of the procedure.[1]

    The first successful IVF treatment in the USA (producing Elizabeth Jordan Carr) took place in 1981 under the direction of Drs Howard Jones and Georgeanna Seegar-Jones in Norfolk, Virginia. Since then IVF has exploded in popularity, with as many as 1% of all births now being conceived in-vitro, with over 115,000 born in the USA to date. At present, the percentage of children born after IVF or ICSI has been up to 4% of all babies born in Denmark.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_vitro_fertilization

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