British biologist Robert G. Edwards, whose contributions to the technology of in-vitro fertilization have made more than 4 million couples parents, has been awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

1. Nobel Awarded to British Scientist for In-Vitro Fertilization
IVF innovator Robert G. Edwards wins Nobel
The biologist, with Dr. Patrick Steptoe, developed techniques
for in-vitro fertilization. 'Test tube baby' Louise Brown was
the first of millions of children born through IVF.
The Nobel prize for medicine was awarded to the British scientist who pioneered in-vitro
fertilization, a procedure that has helped in the conception and birth of four million people
around the world since the first test-tube baby Louise Brown in 1978.
Robert Edwards, father of in-vitro fertilization, wins Nobel Prize. What
does IVF mean to you?
The 85-year-old winner, a Manchester-born physiologist, received the prize in an
announcement Monday by the Nobel Assembly's Göran Hansson at the Karolinska Institute in
Stockholm. "The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institute has today decided to award the Nobel
Prize in physiology or medicine 2010 to Robert Edwards for the development of in-vitro
fertilization," Hansson said.
Edwards started working on in-vitro fertilization as early as the 1950s. He developed the
technique, in which eggs are removed from a woman, fertilized outside her body and then
implanted into the womb, together with British surgeon Patrick Steptoe, who died in 1988.

2. In July 1978, Louise Brown in Britain became the first baby born through the groundbreaking
procedure. Since her birth, some four million children have been born worldwide as a result of
the procedure.
The work by Edwards and Steptoe stirred an ethical debate, with the Vatican, other religious
leaders and some scientists demanding the project be stopped.
The Vatican is opposed to IVF because it involves separating conception from the "conjugal
act," sexual intercourse between a husband and wife, and often results in the destruction of
eggs that are taken from a woman but not used.
The controversy over IVF continues with debate now centering on who should be able to use
the technology. Some experts have questioned whether an age limit should be set on would-be
parents, whether women and men who donate their eggs and sperm should be paid, and if gay
couples should be eligible.
In France lesbians are not allowed to use donor sperm. In Britain, women cannot be paid more
than $384.00 for donating their eggs. Germany and Italy both forbid the freezing of embryos.
After the announcement, Christer Höög, a member of the Nobel medicine prize committee
alluded, to the decades-old controversy. "It is a safe and effective therapy. It is regulated
through strict ethical guidelines and long-term studies have established that IVF children are as
healthy as other children," Höög said.
The medicine award was the first of the 2010 Nobel prizes to be announced. It will be followed
by physics on Tuesday, chemistry on Wednesday, literature on Thursday, the Nobel Peace Prize
on Friday and economics on Monday Oct. 11.
What do you think of the development of in-vitro fertilization? Has IVF impacted your life?
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