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Nobel Prize For Medicine Goes To IVF Pioneer

by Jon Hamilton, NPR
October 4, 2010

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Robert G. Edwards for the development of human in vitro fertilization therapy. His work led to the first "test-tube baby" in England in 1978, and opened a new field of medicine devoted to the treatment of infertility.

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  • All Things Considered, October 4, 2010
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