Robert Edwards (physiologist)
English physiologist and pioneer in reproductive medicine (1925–2013) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sir Robert Geoffrey Edwards CBE FRS MAE[3][4][7] (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[8] and nurse and embryologist Jean Purdy, Edwards successfully pioneered conception through IVF, which led to the birth of Louise Brown on 25 July 1978.[9] 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.[10] In 2010, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for the development of in vitro fertilization".[11][12]
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Born | Robert Geoffrey Edwards (1925-09-27)27 September 1925[1] Batley, England |
Died | 10 April 2013(2013-04-10) (aged 87) near Cambridge, England |
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Known for | Pioneering in-vitro fertilisation |
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Thesis | The experimental induction of heteroploidy in the mouse (1955) |
Doctoral advisor | R. A. Beatty C. H. Waddington[5] |
Doctoral students | Richard Gardner (embryologist) Martin Hume Johnson Roger Gosden Azim Surani[6] |
Website | nobelprize |