Robert G. Edwards: Noble Prize in Medicine in 2010

Hi,friends!
This week I going to speak about a winner of the Nobel Prize because of the development of in vitro fertilization, Robert G. Edwards.

But how it works and what is the IVF, or “in vitro fertilization,”? In vitro fertilisation (IVF) is a process by which an egg is fertilised by sperm outside the body.This proces involves several steps. First, a woman is given fertility drugs that stimulate her ovaries to produce as many mature eggs as possible (instead of the usual one per monthly cycle). Second, the eggs are retrieved using a suction needle inserted into the ovary. Third, the eggs are fertilized by combining them with sperm in a culture dish. Finally, the best-quality embryos are transferred into a woman’s uterus. If all goes well, a normal pregnancy is the result.

Robert Edwards is a famous name in the field of Reproductive Medicine. The British received the Noble Prize in Medicine or Physiology in the year 2010 for his development of in-vitro fertilization (IVF). He was praised for his developments in treatment of infertility.

 Speakin about his live and his academic career, I can say that he born in Manchester and Sir Edwards completed his studies in agriculture from the University of Wales, Bangor. He also studied subsequently in the Institute of Animal Genetics, University of Edinburgh. Also he received his PhD in 1955. Sir Robert Edwards joined the University of Cambridge in 1963.

 Talking about the study relacionated in IVF, Sir Robert Edwards began to study human fertilization in 1960. In 1968 he was successful in fertilization of the human egg in a laboratory. He collaborated with Patrick Steptoe, a gynecologist to discover new possibilities of IVF.  Steptoe recover ovocytes from infertile patients. Edwards developed culture media to allow fertilization.

 Sir Edwards made a breakthrough in medical history. The birth of Louise Brown (world’s first test tube baby) give hope to all those infertile who could not have a baby.

 This is very important becouse he helped to all the womens that they have any problem and they can't have child. Afer the IVT the women who could not have children only can adopt a baby or don't be mother.