Editing In vitro fertilisation (section)

==History==
{{Main|History of in vitro fertilisation}}

The first successful birth of a child after IVF treatment, [[Louise Brown]], occurred in 1978. Louise Brown was born as a result of natural cycle IVF where no stimulation was made. The procedure took place at Dr Kershaw's Cottage Hospital (now Dr Kershaw's Hospice) in [[Royton]], Oldham, England. [[Robert G. Edwards]], the physiologist who co-developed the treatment, was awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] in 2010. His co-workers, [[Patrick Steptoe]] and [[Jean Purdy]], were not eligible for consideration as the Nobel Prize is not awarded posthumously.<ref name="Moreton" /><ref name="ReferenceA" />

The second successful birth of a 'test tube baby' occurred in India on October 3, 1978, just 67 days after Louise Brown was born. The girl, named Durga, was conceived in vitro using a method developed independently by [[Subhash Mukhopadhyay (physician)|Subhash Mukhopadhyay]], a physician and researcher from [[Hazaribag]]. Mukhopadhyay had been performing experiments on his own with primitive instruments and a household refrigerator.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=19 October 1978 |title=India reveals deep-frozen test-tube baby |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bik2nThZSYoC&pg=PA159 |magazine=[[New Scientist]] |page=159 |access-date=4 September 2021 |vauthors=Jayaraman KS }}{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> However, state authorities prevented him from presenting his work at scientific conferences,<ref>{{cite web |date=5 October 2010 |title=Test tube triumph & tragedy – Nobel for UK scientist stirs memory of a Bengal doctor |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/test-tube-triumph-tragedy-nobel-for-uk-scientist-stirs-memory-of-a-bengal-doctor/cid/472542 |access-date=22 May 2012 |work=[[The Telegraph (India)|The Telegraph]]}}</ref> and it was many years before Mukhopadhyay's contribution was acknowledged in works dealing with the subject.<ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkEko0DybuQ |title=Test Tube Baby |date=23 August 2013 |publisher=Educational Multimedia Research Centre, Kolkata |access-date=4 September 2021 |website=[[YouTube]]}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=September 2021}}

[[Adriana Iliescu]] held the record as the oldest woman to give birth using IVF and a donor egg, when she gave birth in 2004 at the age of 66, a record passed in 2006. After the IVF treatment some couples are able to get pregnant without any fertility treatments.<ref name="reuters.com" /> In 2018 it was estimated that eight million children had been born worldwide using IVF and other assisted reproduction techniques.<ref name="ESHRE 2018">{{cite web |author=European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology |date=3 July 2018 |title=More than 8 million babies born from IVF since the world's first in 1978 |url=https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180703084127.htm |access-date=8 December 2018 |website=ScienceDaily}}</ref>