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6 - The Legacy

2019 and Beyond

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 February 2023

Fiona Kisby Littleton ,
Susan Bewley  and
James Owen Drife
By
Peter Braude  and
Martin Johnson
Fiona Kisby Littleton
Affiliation:
University College London Institute of Education
Susan Bewley
Affiliation:
Emeritus, King's College London
James Owen Drife
Affiliation:
Emeritus, University of Leeds
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Summary

Peter Braude and Martin Johnson were young researchers, a doctor and a scientist, working with Robert Edwards at Cambridge. They both witnessed (from the inside) how the IVF programme and first birth changed the worlds of science and O&G over the next forty years. Johnson wrote Edward’s citation for the Nobel Prize. They are uniquely placed to act as a bridge from 1979 into speculating about the future and whether the course of science can even be predicted.

Keywords

IVFassisted reproductive technologyethicshuman stem cellsgenomicsHuman Fertilization and Embryology AuthorityICSIPGDpreimplantation genetic diagnosisfuture developments
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Presenting the First Test-Tube Baby
The Edwards and Steptoe Lecture of 1979
 , pp. 201 - 215
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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