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Baby’s First Picture

Posted on July 11, 2013 by Roger Gosden

The first picture of a baby is usually in the mother’s arms soon after delivery, and becomes pasted into an album for posterity. My mother missed out on that snapshot since I was born in austere post-war London when a … Continue reading →

Posted in Biomedical | Tagged baby, eggs, embryology, fertility, medicine, Patrick Steptoe, science, ultrasound | 2 Comments

Robert Edwards (1925-2013)

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Roger Gosden

A memorial service for Bob Edwards was held last weekend at Bourn Hall, near Cambridge, England. That is the Jacobean mansion house where he founded the world’s first in vitro clinic for fertility treatment (IVF) with Patrick Steptoe in 1980. … Continue reading →