This Day in Science History - July 25 - Louise Brown

July 25th is Louise Brown's birthday. Brown was the first successful "test-tube" baby to be born. She was born as a result of research done by Dr. Patrick Steptoe and Dr. Robert Edwards. They were searching for a solution to enable infertile couples to become parents. They removed an egg cell and fertilized it in the laboratory. The next step was the difficult part... the egg had to be implanted into the mother. Most of these pregnancies only lasted a few weeks. Louise Brown was the first to make it past this hurdle.

This research has helped many people who could not become parents before to have their own children. Find out what else occurred on this day in science history.

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