My first ideas of human in vitro fertilization (IVF) arose with my Ph.D. in Edinburgh University in the early 1950s. Supervised by Alan Beatty, my research was based on his work on altering chromosomal complements in mouse embryos. — Robert Edwards Copy Share Image
My genetic interests persist in the area of the control of human development. Something must be fundamentally flawed with a reproductive system that allows… — Robert Edwards Copy Share Image
Increasingly committed to human studies, I sought to collect several immature human oocytes from pieces of excised ovarian tissue, mature and fertilize them in… — Robert Edwards Copy Share Image
I wanted to find out exactly who was in charge, whether it was God Himself or whether it was scientists in the laboratory. It… — Robert Edwards Copy Share Image
“we concentrate our army into an enormous fist. The very fact that such a fist exists will prevent the enemy from dispersing his forces… — Robert Edwards Copy Share Image
The most important thing in life is having a child. Nothing is more special than a child. — Robert Edwards Copy Share Image
It struck me what we should be trying to do was pluck the egg from the ovary and fertilise it in the laboratory. We… — Robert Edwards Copy Share Image
Louise Brown's birth marked the end of the beginning of human IVF, acclaimed at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. This event was… — Robert Edwards Copy Share Image
My first ideas of human in vitro fertilization (IVF) arose with my Ph.D. in Edinburgh University in the early 1950s. Supervised by Alan Beatty,… — Robert Edwards Copy Share Image
