Thursday 11 April 2013

IVF Pioneer, Robert Edwards Dies at 87 by Benson Agoha


Prof. Robert Edwards, The Nobel Price Winner for the "Test Tube" pioneering work which gave a lot of childress women hope of conceiving their own children is dead. He was 87 when he died on Wednesday.

According to Kate Kelland, of Reuters News Agency, The Scientist and Nobel Price winner whose genuise has help the birth of about 5million children, was credited with the quote "Nothing is more special than a child," when he won his Nobel prize

He has five daughters and 11 grandchildren, said he was motivated in his work by a desire to help families.

His pioneering work gave the world her first `test tube baby' named Louise Brown, born by caesarean section on 25 July 1978 at Oldham general hospital. Louise Brown herself, has given birth, since 2006, to her own child without treatment.

Rest In Peace Prof!
Louise Brown (pictured below) is now 34 years old

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