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This years Nobel prize in Medicine awarded to Robert Edwards who developed IVF
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Anonymous
| This man deserves so much more than a medal. I have my DD because of him and his research partner. I'm sorry Dr. Edwards is too sick to comment on the award, but I hope he knows how many millions of lives he changed for the better. |
Anonymous
| I wish there was a "like" button on here like Facebook. I am so grateful for the contributions that this year's winner has made. Well, me and millions of others. I am so happy that we have this technology to assist those of us who are in need of assistance. Bravo to Dr. Edwards and his research partner. |
Anonymous
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this article brought tears to my eyes.
Thank you to Dr. Edwards for my 3 IVF children. I am forever grateful! |
Anonymous
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To me, he deserves the nobel prize for bringing me my child alone. The fact that he's done that 4 million times over really makes me so incredibly grateful.
I'm not sure if it was mistake or not but I read some of the comments on the Post's site about IVF. Of course none of it is surprising (stuff like "you people are playing God with your designer babies") but the ignorance is overwhelming. These are the same people against abortion; the whole thing just blows my mind. |
Anonymous
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I saw that this morning and just wanted to jump up and down and scream...since I am in the office, probably not a good thing.
But I was happy! |
Anonymous
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One thing that made me happy is that, at least in the one story I read, part of the explanation as to "why it took so long" was because they wanted to assure IVF babies were "normal." I happen to think the real reason was political, and I also happen to think already IVF babies are "normal" (otherwise I wouldn't be interested in having one!) but it was particularly assuring to me.
From the Washington Post: It was not immediately clear why it took the Nobel committee so long to honor Edwards. Nobel rules were amended in 1974 to prohibit posthumous prizes, which ruled out a shared award with Steptoe. However, Hansson said Edwards "deserves a Nobel Prize on his own" because he made the fundamental discoveries that made IVF therapy possible. Initially there was also concern about the health of test-tube babies, "so it was of course very, very important that Louise Brown was healthy and that subsequent babies also were healthy," prize committee member Christer Hoog said. |
Anonymous
Not everyone who is against abortion is against IVF. Please don't paint us all with such a broad brush. I have also met some pro-choice women who have surprisingly dark-aged views about IVF. Sadly, many people daw their views of infertiles from people the Octo-mom and Jon & Kate. That's why I don't read the comments when I see those articles. |
Anonymous
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I'm the poster who wrote this-- and you're right, I am unfairly sterotyping. I guess what I am sayign is that I hear a lot of the same arguments used by both groups. You can probably guess I am pro-choice but regardless, that debate is not what this is about.
Interesting point I hadn't thought of that people draw their views from octo-mom etc. |
Anonymous
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Don't want to create a new thread, here's a groundbreaking study giving us hope.
http://healthland.time.com/2010/10/04/a-new-way-to-predict-which-ivf-embryos-will-lead-to-pregnancy/ P.S. Congratulations Dr. Edward!! |
Anonymous
| I must have had my head under a rock, I just saw this news and so happy to see Dr. Edwards get his much deserved recognition. I have two children thanks to IVF and I'm so grateful my RE trained with him. It took a lot of guts to move ahead with this amazing science despite the Vatican's stance on it. |