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On this day - 25 July

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First baby born via IVF

Daily Mirror 25/07/1978

Louise Brown was born on July 25th 1978 and made headlines due to being the first human to have been born after IVF conception. Her parents had struggled to conceive naturally for many years due to her mother's blocked fallopian tubes.

The process of IVF was developed by Robert G. Edwards, Patrick Steptoe and Jean Purdy. In 2010, Robert Edwards received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the work, but sadly his co-workers were not eligible to share the award as the Nobel Prize isn't given posthumously.

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