Antonie van Leeuwenhoek discovered the Sperm in 1677
Arnold Berthold introduced the concept of Hormones in 1846
Karl Ernst von Baer discovered the human oocyte, Father of Modern Embryogy and Freezing of Sperm in 1826
Patrick Steptoe and Bob Edwards architect of First Test Tube Baby.
Patrick Steptoe, (unrecognised) Jean Purdy( Embryologist and first to recognise Blastocyst stage) and Bob Edwards. Edward latter recognised the contribution of Jean Purdy “There were three original pioneers in IVF not just two”.
Subhas Mukherjee pioneered IVF in India. But the government refuted his work and this great scientist committed suicide.
Robert Ettinger Development of Concept of Cryonics
Paul Devroey
Prof. Dr. A. Van Steirteghem.
Gianpiero Palermo
Inventors of ICSI
Super Babe
Dr. Jerome Kalman Sherman (1953) reported three pregnancies with the use of Donor insemination in combination with frozen–thawed sperm.
Louise Brown is the world's first 'test tube baby', on July 25, 1978.
Kanupriya Agarwal, ‘Durga’ on 3 October 1978
First successful ICSI baby born in 1993 in Belgium.
Baby born after 27 years of embryo preservation
World’s first baby born with new “3 parent” technique
