Question : IVF (In Vitro Fertilization) Technique was first devised by
Option 1: Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards
Option 2: Dr. Henry Dixon
Option 3: Robertson
Option 4: Dr. Martin Cooper
Correct Answer: Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards
Solution : The correct answer is Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards
The invention of IVF is attributed to Sir Robert Edwards and Patrick Steptoe. When a woman's fallopian tubes were blocked in 1978, Dr. Steptoe treated her. Robert Edwards, a physiologist at Cambridge University, and Patrick Steptoe, a gynecologist in Oldham, led the team that, in 1978, proved the IVF method's efficacy, which they had first proposed in 1969.
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