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Zinc found in glassware may impair embryo development in IVF • Apr. 18, 2025, 8:55 AM ET (News-Medical)
Seasonal air pollution found to undermine IVF success • Apr. 17, 2025, 5:42 AM ET (News-Medical)
First baby conceived with remotely operated 'automated IVF' has been born. Here's how the procedure works. • Apr. 15, 2025, 5:49 AM ET (Live Science)
Australian woman unknowingly gives birth to a stranger's baby after IVF clinic error • Apr. 11, 2025, 3:07 AM ET (AP)

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Also Known As IVF • test-tube conception

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Ohsumi, Yoshinori
Yoshinori Ohsumi
Japanese biologist
Robert Edwards and Louise Brown
Robert Edwards
British medical researcher
Dame Anne McLaren
English geneticist
Patrick Steptoe
British gynecologist

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