A closer look

Bypassing standard human biology entirely was once considered pure science fiction. In 1978, Louise Brown was born in the UK, becoming the world's very first 'test tube baby' conceived entirely through in vitro fertilization. Her embryo was successfully fertilized in a lab dish before being implanted into her mother's womb. Despite massive ethical panic and outrage from the press at the time, her birth paved the absolute foundation for millions of modern IVF procedures.