The Hindu·4 min read·medium
In IVF, an unrecognised contributor gets the spotlight: Jean Purdy
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Ramya Kannan
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This article highlights the overlooked contributions of Jean Purdy, a clinical embryologist who was instrumental in the success of the world's first IVF procedure. Despite her critical role in laboratory management and patient care, she remained largely uncredited for decades compared to her male colleagues.
Taking a safe bet here that most of you who have heard of Louise Joy Brown have not heard at all of Jean Purdy, or her role in the birth of Baby Brown. Louise Brown was the first baby born of an IVF procedure on July 25, 1978. But this might not have been a joyful story, but for Jean Purdy.
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