Why the Medical Research Council refused Robert Edwards and Patrick Steptoe support for research on human conception in 1971 | Zendy

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Why the Medical Research Council refused Robert Edwards and Patrick Steptoe support for research on human conception in 1971

Author(s) -

Martin H. Johnson,

Sarah Franklin,

Matthew G. Cottingham,

Nick Hopwood

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

human reproduction

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.446

H-Index - 226

eISSN - 1460-2350

pISSN - 0268-1161

DOI - 10.1093/humrep/deq155

Subject(s) - population , obstetrics and gynaecology , medical research , family medicine , psychological intervention , psychology , medicine , political science , gynecology , demography , sociology , pregnancy , biology , psychiatry , genetics , pathology

In 1971, Cambridge physiologist Robert Edwards and Oldham gynaecologist Patrick Steptoe applied to the UK Medical Research Council (MRC) for long-term support for a programme of scientific and clinical 'Studies on Human Reproduction'. The MRC, then the major British funder of medical research, declined support on ethical grounds and maintained this policy throughout the 1970s. The work continued with private money, leading to the birth of Louise Brown in 1978 and transforming research in obstetrics, gynaecology and human embryology.

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