Professor Robert Edwards awarded Nobel Prize for medicine
04 October 2010
Professor Lisa Jardine, Chair of the HFEA said:
‘His was a towering achievement, and the prize comes as a well deserved recognition of his exceptional contribution to reproductive medicine. Many thousands of families have benefited directly from IVF, which has reshaped the world in which we live.’
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Notes to editors
- The HFEA is the independent regulator for IVF treatment and embryo research. Our role is to protect patients and the public interest, to drive improvement in the treatment and research sectors and to provide information to the public and policymakers about treatment and research.
- The HFEA was set up in August 1991 as part of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990. The HFEA’s principal tasks are to license and monitor clinics that carry out in vitro fertilisation (IVF), artificial insemination (AI) and human embryo research. The HFEA also regulates the storage of gametes (eggs and sperm) and embryos.
For further information please contact the HFEA press office on 020 7291 8226 or email press.office@hfea.gov.uk
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