Hartshorne Geraldine
Clinical Sciences Research Institute, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, University Hospital, Coventry, UK.
Hum Fertil (Camb). 2008 Jun;11(2):77-83. doi: 10.1080/14647270801965954.
This paper captures the essence of a session of the Association of Clinical Embryologists' meeting held in Manchester in January 2008. This session was of special significance, since this year marks thirty years since the birth of Louise Brown -- the world's first IVF baby -- at Oldham General Hospital on 25 July 1978. Her birth was a turning point in world history, and launched a new era of scientific, ethical and clinical challenge and discovery, which is as fresh today as it was then. The session focused on historical events and the social climate in which they took place, as well as notable changes in the intervening years, heard from the mouths of those best able to interpret their significance. This paper places the speakers' contributions in context with contemporary and more recent events.
本文概括了2008年1月在曼彻斯特举行的临床胚胎学家协会会议一场研讨会的精髓。本次研讨会具有特殊意义，因为今年是世界首例试管婴儿路易丝·布朗于1978年7月25日在奥尔德姆总医院诞生三十周年。她的出生是世界历史的一个转折点，开启了一个科学、伦理及临床面临挑战与探索的新时代，时至今日，这一时代仍充满活力。该研讨会聚焦于历史事件及其发生时的社会环境，以及其间显著的变化，这些都是由最能阐释其意义的人亲口讲述的。本文将发言人的发言与当代及近期事件相结合进行阐述。
