The story of how a maverick scientist, an ambitious gynaecologist and a modest nurse made one of the greatest breakthroughs in the history of medicine is to be told in ‘Joy’, a new Netflix film to be premiered at the British Film Festival (15th October).
When the world’s first ‘test-tube’ baby was born there was some disbelief among scientific colleagues about the miraculous birth; now a new book provides the ‘missing’ evidence.
The home of IVF pioneer Patrick Steptoe has been awarded a blue plaque. He co-founded Bourn Hall to provide a breakthrough treatment for infertility.
Dr Kay Elder is to talk at Fertility Fest. In 1984 she joined Bourn Hall, the world’s first IVF clinic, established by Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards after their breakthrough with ‘test-tube’ baby Louise Brown.