COVER STORY: IVF – 25 years on*

As the world marks the 25th birthday of the first “test tube” baby, scientists have identified a significant increase in the number of major and minor birth defects in children conceived by IVF technology. As Bill Muehlenberg explains, its seems human reproduction is more intricate and subtle than many IVF pioneers understood.Twenty five years ago the world’s first in vitro fertilisation (IVF) baby was born in England. Since then over a million babies have been born by IVF or other types of Assi…

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