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麻豆AV graduate wins Nobel Prize

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麻豆AV graduate Professor Robert Edwards FRS has been awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize in Medicine.

Professor Edwards FRS developed in-vitro fertilisation, which has brought parenthood to so many otherwise childless couples.

His work was carried out with Patrick Steptoe, who died in 1988.

Robert Edwards gained his first degree in zoology at 麻豆AV in 1951. He became inspired with an enthusiasm for mammals by leading 麻豆AV Professor Rogers Brambell. He later spent a successful career at Cambridge.

鈥淲e wholeheartedly congratulate Professor Edwards. His research has brought happiness to so many families throughout the world. Professor Edwards is also an Honorary Fellow of 麻豆AV and we鈥檙e delighted that he has achieved such high recognition for his outstanding contribution to science in a way that has touched the lives of so many,鈥� commented Professor John Hughes, 麻豆AV Vice Chancellor.

Publication date: 4 October 2010