The cast of Joy features Bill Nighy as Patrick Steptoe, who meets with Robert Edwards and Jean Purdy, to develop IVF. The movie debuted with a high score on Rotten Tomatoes and has been praised by ...

In 1978, Louise Joy Brown became the first baby ever born as a result of in vitro fertilization. Here’s everything to know about Louise Joy Brown’s life since her historic birth.

The real-life Patrick Steptoe took on the role of Director at the Centre for Human Reproduction, Oldham, in 1969, where he began his work with volunteer infertile women. By 1978, the world saw the ...

Though Dr. Edwards, Dr. Steptoe and Purdy had been able to create viable embryos, they had yet to achieve a successful pregnancy — that is, until Louise’s revolutionary birth in 1978.

The first-ever IVF baby, Louise Joy Brown, was born on July 15, 1978, thanks to the work of an English obstetrician and surgeon Patrick Steptoe (played by Bill Nighy), an English scientist Robert ...

But the movie might also leave you wondering where Louise Joy Brown is now, as well as what happened to Jean Purdy, Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards following the events of 1978.

Having persuaded Steptoe—who has developed a new, less invasive technique for embryo implantation—to join the project, Edwards and Purdy travel four hours to Steptoe’s clinic, where they are ...

Together with surgeon Patrick Steptoe, the trio succeeded with in vitro fertilization, a method of treating infertility. Edwards would go on to win the Nobel Prize.

Together with surgeon Patrick Steptoe, the trio succeeded with in vitro fertilization, a method of treating infertility. Edwards would go on to win the Nobel Prize. 'Joy' ...

Dr. Robert Edwards holds the world's first "test-tube baby," Louise Brown, on July 25, 1978. A midwife stands in the center, with gynecologist Patrick Steptoe on the right.