Pix caption: Louise Brown, who in 1978 became the world’s first baby to be born following successful IVF, speaks during a press conference at the Science Museum in London at an event in July to mark 40 years since her pioneering birth. — Photos: AFP
2018 marks the 40th anniversary of in-vitro fertilisation (IVF), and at the recent Congress on Obstetrics & Gynaecology held in Malaysia, IVF pioneer and Care Fertility Group founder and president of R&D Prof Simon Brian Fishel and Obstetrical & Gynaecological Society of Malaysia (OGSM) president-elect Dr Eeson Sinthamoney gave their insights into the innovations that have taken place these 40 years.
In its early days, IVF was almost a taboo subject. The birth of Louise Brown, the ‘test tube’ baby, caused an ethical stir in 1978. What has changed over the last 40 years?
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