Test tube baby pioneer dies

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Nobel Prize winner and British scientist Robert Edwards died on Wednesday, April 10, at the age of 87. Edwards was awarded a Nobel prize for medicine in 2010 for pioneering work in developing invitro fertilization. He had spent decades experimenting on how to make a dream of having a baby come true for millions of people worldwide via a test tube. This resulted in the birth of the world’s first test-tube baby, Louise Brown, in 1978. Edwards passed away peacefully in his sleep on April  10 “after a long illness,” the University of Cambridge said in a statement.

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