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Sir Robert Geoffrey Edwards CBE FRS MAE [2] [3] [7] (27 September 1925 – 10 April 2013) was a British physiologist and pioneer in reproductive medicine, and in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) in particular.
Sep 23, 2024 · Robert Edwards was a British medical researcher who developed the technique of IVF. His work with Patrick Steptoe made possible the birth of Louise Brown, the world’s first “test-tube baby,” in 1978. Edwards was awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his discoveries.
Apr 10, 2013 · Robert Edwards saw a solution to this: removing an egg from the woman, allowing it to be fertilized in a test tube and then replacing it in the woman. He explained how eggs mature and how sperm is activated, and in cooperation with Patrick Steptoe, he found a method for removing eggs from the ovaries.
Robert Edwards is a former NFL and CFL running back who played for the Patriots, Dolphins, Alouettes and Argonauts. He is also a high school football coach in Georgia and the brother of Terrence Edwards.
May 1, 2020 · A commentary on an authorized biography of the IVF pioneer by his former student and colleague. It reflects on the challenges of placing Edwards in the history of studying reproduction, especially the rise of interest in infertility.
Oct 4, 2010 · Robert Edwards is awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize for the development of human in vitro fertilization (IVF) therapy. His achievements have made it possible to treat infertility, a medical condition afflicting a large proportion of humanity including more than 10% of all couples worldwide.
Robert Geoffrey Edwards was born on the 27th of September 1925 in the small Yorkshire mill town of Batley. He arrived into a working-class family, the second of three brothers − an older brother, Sammy and a younger, Harry. These brothers Bob describes as competitive, “all determined to win or, if not to win, to go down fighting” [3].
