The first person conceived through in vitro fertilization (IVF) in the world is attending an international summit on reproductive medicine (EBART) in Barcelona. Becoming an involuntary icon of science ...
Keystone/Getty ; Jeff Spicer/Getty Cambridge physiologist Dr. Robert Edwards holding the world's first test tube baby Louise Joy Brown ; Louise Joy Brown attends "Joy" Headline Gala during the 68th ...
Part of the team who pioneered in vitro fertilization — Robert Edwards (left) and Patrick Steptoe (right) — with the world's first "test tube baby" Louise Joy Brown on July 25, 1978. (Keystone/Getty ...