The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2010
Robert G. Edwards
Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Prize motivation: "for the development of in vitro fertilization"
Robert is also known as "the father of the test tube baby"
Louise Brown, a health baby was born on July 25th, 1978 - the world's first test tube baby. Since 1978, about 4 million babies have been born via IVF, some of whom are parents themselves
source: Nobel prize website
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