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In Vitro Fertilisation Day - July 25

July 29 , 2021 1166 days 686 0
  • On July 25 the world celebrates World In Vitro Fertilisation Day.
  • The day is celebrated to mark the greatest innovation in the field of reproductive medicine.
  • The biggest breakthrough was the birth of Louise Brown on July 25, 1978, in England.
  • In India, Dr Subhash Mukherjee was also working on IVF.
  • And in less than three months of the birth of Louise Brown, Kanupriya Agarwal was born on October 3, 1978.
  • Dr Subhash Mukhopadhyay named India's first IVF child as 'Durga' later on her parents renamed her Kanupriya.
  • She became India's first and the world's second IVF baby.

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