{"product_id":"fp-06","title":"1980: How it was done","description":"\u003cstyle\u003e@import url('https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?family=Cormorant+Garamond:ital,wght@0,300;0,400;0,500;0,600;1,400;1,500\u0026family=Source+Sans+3:ital,wght@0,400;0,500;0,600;1,400\u0026display=swap');\n#ivfm-exhibit{--ink:#1b2447;--slate:#5f667f;--paper:#efeee9;--hair:#d6d4cb;--rose:#c0355f;--serif:'Cormorant Garamond',Georgia,serif;--sans:'Source Sans 3',Arial,sans-serif;color:var(--ink);font-family:var(--sans);font-size:18px;line-height:1.65;max-width:760px;margin:0 auto;}\n#ivfm-exhibit .kick{font-size:14px;letter-spacing:.16em;text-transform:uppercase;color:var(--rose);margin:0 0 10px;}\n#ivfm-exhibit .stand{font-family:var(--serif);font-size:clamp(23px,2.6vw,28px);line-height:1.35;font-style:italic;margin:0 0 24px;}\n#ivfm-exhibit figure{margin:0 0 28px;padding:10px;background:#fff;border:1px solid var(--hair);}\n#ivfm-exhibit figure img{display:block;width:100%;height:auto;}\n#ivfm-exhibit figcaption{font-size:15px;line-height:1.5;margin-top:10px;}\n#ivfm-exhibit .cr{display:block;font-size:13.5px;color:var(--slate);margin-top:4px;}\n#ivfm-exhibit h2{font-family:var(--serif);font-weight:500;font-size:30px;margin:30px 0 10px;}\n#ivfm-exhibit p{margin:0 0 18px;}\n#ivfm-exhibit blockquote{margin:28px 0;padding:6px 0 6px 22px;border-left:3px solid var(--rose);font-family:var(--serif);font-size:24px;line-height:1.4;font-style:italic;}\n#ivfm-exhibit blockquote cite{display:block;font-family:var(--sans);font-style:normal;font-size:14.5px;color:var(--slate);margin-top:10px;}\n#ivfm-exhibit .card{background:var(--paper);border:1px solid var(--hair);padding:20px 22px;margin:30px 0;}\n#ivfm-exhibit .card h3{font-size:14px;letter-spacing:.14em;text-transform:uppercase;color:var(--slate);margin:0 0 10px;font-weight:600;}\n#ivfm-exhibit .card .pt{font-family:var(--serif);font-size:22px;line-height:1.35;margin:0 0 8px;}\n#ivfm-exhibit .card p{font-size:16px;margin:0 0 6px;}\n#ivfm-exhibit details{font-size:15px;color:var(--slate);border-top:1px solid var(--hair);padding-top:12px;margin-top:24px;}\n#ivfm-exhibit summary{cursor:pointer;font-weight:600;color:var(--ink);}\n#ivfm-exhibit .nav{display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:10px;margin:28px 0 8px;}\n#ivfm-exhibit .nav a{display:inline-block;padding:10px 16px;border:1px solid var(--ink);color:var(--ink);text-decoration:none;font-size:15px;}\n#ivfm-exhibit a{color:var(--ink);}\n.breadcrumb--product-single,.product-single__media,.product-single__primary-blocks,.product-single__box__block--tab{display:none!important}\n.product-single__content{display:block!important;grid-template-columns:none!important}\n.product-single__secondary-blocks{width:100%!important;max-width:none!important;margin:0!important;padding:0!important;opacity:1!important;transform:none!important}\n.product-single__box__block--description{opacity:1!important;transform:none!important;width:100%!important}\n#ivfm-exhibit h1{font-family:var(--serif);font-weight:500;font-size:clamp(38px,5vw,56px);line-height:1.08;margin:0 0 16px;color:var(--ink)}\n[id^=\"shopify-section-template--\"]:not([id$=\"__main\"]){display:none!important}\n\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"ivfm-exhibit\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"kick\"\u003eThe Founding Papers · FP·06 · 1980\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003e1980: How it was done\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"stand\"\u003eTwo years after Louise's birth, Edwards, Steptoe and Purdy set out the whole method for the first time, in twenty pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\u003cimg src=\"\/cdn\/shop\/files\/04_Desiccator_placed_inside_an_incubator_used_in_the_development_of_IVF_1977_Science_Museum_Group.jpg?width=1600\" alt=\"A desiccator that was placed inside an incubator, used in the development of IVF, 1977.\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003eA desiccator that was placed inside an incubator, used in the development of IVF, 1977.\u003cspan class=\"cr\"\u003eScience Museum Group. © The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/figcaption\u003e\u003c\/figure\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe story\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe team had learnt to follow a woman's own natural cycle. They tested her urine every three hours, day and night, to catch the hormone surge that signals an egg is about to be released. Then Steptoe collected the egg, and the embryo was grown in the laboratory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey also noticed something remarkable. The four pregnancies in this series all followed embryo transfers made late in the evening.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJean Purdy is a named author, alongside the two men, on this full account of the work that changed medicine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e“Fertilization and cleavage occurred in 34 instances, and 32 embryos were put into the mother via the cervical canal. Four patients became pregnant.”\u003ccite\u003eFrom the paper's abstract\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"card\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe paper\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"pt\"\u003eEstablishing Full-Term Human Pregnancies Using Cleaving Embryos Grown \u003cem\u003ein vitro\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRobert Edwards, Patrick Steptoe, Jean Purdy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBritish Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology\u003c\/em\u003e 1980;87(9):737 to 756. September 1980. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/j.1471-0528.1980.tb04610.x\"\u003eRead the paper\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"nav\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/fp-05\"\u003e← 1978: Durga is born in Calcutta\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/fp-07\"\u003e1983: Melbourne freezes an embryo →\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/pages\/founding-papers\"\u003eAll the Founding Papers\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdetails\u003e\u003csummary\u003eHow we know\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbstract from PubMed and Europe PMC, read 6 October 2026. The full text could not be opened.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"IVF Museum","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47576843419820,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/ivfmuseum.org\/products\/fp-06","provider":"IVF Museum","version":"1.0","type":"link"}