My genetic interests persist in the area of the control of human development. Something must be fundamentally flawed with a reproductive system that allows only 20% of embryos to implant, even in younger couples. Why are so many human spermatozoa… — 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
