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Mon, 09/26/2011 - 16:41
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Australian IVF pioneer Dr Carl Wood dies
SYDNEY (AAP) - The father of In Vitro Fertilisation, Carl Wood, has died.
Professor Wood had endured Alzheimer's disease since 2004 and died last Friday at a nursing home. He was 82.
Prof Wood and his team from Melbourne's Monash University pioneered IVF as an option for infertile couples in the 1970s.
The gynaecologist and his team helped develop the world's first IVF pregnancy in 1973 and Australia's first test tube baby, Candice Reed, was born in 1980.
More than 45,000 babies have been born worldwide with the assistance of IVF.
Monash University said no funeral details were known yet.
Professor Wood had endured Alzheimer's disease since 2004 and died last Friday at a nursing home. He was 82.
Prof Wood and his team from Melbourne's Monash University pioneered IVF as an option for infertile couples in the 1970s.
The gynaecologist and his team helped develop the world's first IVF pregnancy in 1973 and Australia's first test tube baby, Candice Reed, was born in 1980.
More than 45,000 babies have been born worldwide with the assistance of IVF.
Monash University said no funeral details were known yet.
