Architects Of ART
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, (forgotten) 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
In 1922 Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov (Russia) developed the methods of Artificial Insemination as we know them today.
Paul Devroey
Prof. Dr. A. Van Steirteghem.
Gianpiero Palermo
Inventors of ICSI
Super Babe
Boy’s birth in America (1984) First from embryo transfer of another woman
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', born on July 25, 1978.
Kanupriya Agarwal, ‘Durga’ born on 3 October 1978
Baby born after 27 years of embryo preservation
World’s first baby born with new “3 parent” technique
The world's first AI-conceived baby born in Mexico via IVF in April 2025
Live births from frozen human semen stored for 40 years
PubMed Central
World's First baby born after deceased womb transplant in 2016 in Brazil
