Patrick Steptoe on test-tube twins

Title

Patrick Steptoe on test-tube twins

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:03:09

Description

Dr Patrick C. Steptoe on the world’s first test-tube twins, born in Australia. Stephen and Amanda were born on 06/06/81, to 31 year-old Radmila Mays. The world’s first test-tube baby was conceived in 1978 in a laboratory run by Dr Steptoe, who began developing the test-tube fertilisation process in the early 1970s. Female interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Patrick Steptoe

Keywords

Australia; Medical sciences; In vitro fertilisation; Medical research; Babies; Multiple births; Fertilisation; Radmila Mays; Robert Edwards

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