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The Decade That Invented the Future: The 1970s

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Ten essays on how this remarkable decade shaped the world in which we now live.

Ten essays on crucial developments, one for each year of this remarkable decade, and how they shaped the world in which we now live.

The Decade That Invented the Future: The 1970s: 1978: IVF

1978: IVF

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Ruth Deech on IVF, the developments it made possible and what the future may hold.

Ruth Deech, former chair of the Human Fertility and Embryology Authority, on the impact of the introduction of IVF and what the future may hold.

The first "test-tube baby" was born in 1978. Ruth Deech, former chair of the Human Fertility and Embryology Authority, examines the impact of the introduction of IVF, the developments it made possible, and what the future may hold.  "We were and remain the most advanced country in the world for research in cloned embryos and stem cell research," Baroness Deech says.
Producer: Neil Koenig

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