title: In vitro fertilization, the Nobel Prize, and human embryonic stem cells.
abstract: Robert Edwards was awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the development of human in vitro fertilization. His work not only provided the means to overcome many forms of infertility, but it also enabled research on early stages of human embryos and the derivation of human embryonic stem cells.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 421 Curie Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. gearhart@upenn.edu
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gearhart
authors.forename: Christos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Coutifaris
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D053595:Embryonic Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology*; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D009613:Nobel Prize