The first IVF baby

Published: July 24, 2012, 8 a.m.

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In July 1978 the first baby to be conceived in a laboratory was born in England.

She was called Louise Brown and her mother had been treated with a new technique, in vitro fertilisation.

Millions of children have since been born using IVF.

(Photo: Louise Joy Brown. Credit: Getty Images)

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