tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21665869.post6985113413726630284..comments2023-08-28T16:07:30.180+02:00Comments on Bioetica: Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 2010 goes to: Robert Edwards for the development of IVFChiara Lallihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00587029781195341278noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21665869.post-75582759988554951232010-10-06T23:26:52.185+02:002010-10-06T23:26:52.185+02:00"for bringing joy to infertile people all ove..."for bringing joy to infertile people all over the world...As many as 4 million babies born since the first test-tube baby in 1978"<br /><br />Questa è la Medicina, il cui scopo è alleviare le sofferenze della gente. <br /><br />Ogni altro commento è superfluo.filipponoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21665869.post-75863155662255378512010-10-04T12:14:22.679+02:002010-10-04T12:14:22.679+02:00aggiungo qualche dettaglio:
Reuters) - British phy...aggiungo qualche dettaglio:<br />Reuters) - British physiologist Robert Edwards, whose work led to the first "test-tube baby," won the 2010 Nobel prize for medicine or physiology, the prize-awarding institute said on Monday.<br /><br />Sweden's Karolinska Institute lauded Edwards, 85, for bringing joy to infertile people all over the world.<br /><br />Known as the father of in-vitro fertilization (IVF), Edwards picked up the prize of 10 million Swedish crowns ($1.5 million) for a "milestone in the development of modern medicine," the institute said.<br /><br />As many as 4 million babies have been born since the first test-tube baby in 1978 as a result of the techniques Edwards developed, together with a now-deceased colleague, Patrick Steptoe, it said.<br /><br />They soldiered on despite opposition from churches, governments and many in the media, as well as skepticism from scientific colleagues.<br /><br />"His achievements have made it possible to treat infertility, a medical condition afflicting a large proportion of humanity including more than 10 percent of all couples worldwide," the institute said in a statement.<br /><br />Per chi come me non ne fosse a conoscenza, la donna nella foto e' stato il primo essere umano nato da fecondazione in vitro.<br />francesco sirioAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com