The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2010 --- Robert G. Edwards

Robert Edwards is awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize for the development of human in vitro fertilization (IVF) therapy. His achievements have made it possible to treat infertility, a medical condition afflicting a large proportion of humanity including more than 10% of all couples worldwide.

Nobel Prize Awarded to Developer of In Vitro Fertilization

 

by Robert Lowes

From Medscape Medical News

October 4, 2010 — It is hard to deny a scientist a Nobel Prize when there are 4 million good reasons.

In the case of Robert Edwards, PhD, who was awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize in medicine or physiology today, the reasons are roughly 4 million people born over the past 32 years due to the therapy he is being honored for — in vitro fertilization (IVF).

e-Stork helps hemophilia carrier have healthy child

2010/04/29 20:11:31

Taipei, April 29 (CNA) A biotechnology company in Taiwan said Thursday that it has helped a local woman who carries the hemophilia gene to conceive a baby who will not suffer from hemophilia -- a genetic disease that makes bleeding uncontrollable -- and hailed it as the first case in Asia.

Traveling Overseas - Japan

by Stork Lai

Our Japanese patient is now 43 years old. She has been married for three years when she first came to e-Stork Reproductive Center about a year ago. During that time, she has already undergone three procedures of intrauterine insemination and three procedures of In Vitro Fertilization in Japan.

Traveling Overseas - France

by Stork Lai

One day, I received a phone call from our patient in Switzerland. She happily informed me that she has already moved from Paris and her two children are both doing well. Securing her promise to send us their recent photos, I gave her our most heartfelt congratulations again– expressing our fervent hope that she can visit us soon.