Louise ‘normal’
NZPA London Britain’s “test-tube” baby, Louise Joy Brown, appears perfectly normal in all respects despite fears that her conception in a laboratory might cause congenital defects, a team of British pediatricians has reported. The findings were published in the August 26 issue of the “Lancet,” the British medical journal. Louise, the world’s first baby conceived outside her mother’s body, was born by caesarean section at Oldham General Hospital in northern England on July 25. A team of three pediatricians at Oldham conducted extensive tests on Louise after her birth. “By all tests, we failed to; ; demonstrate that the infant had infection, major con-i genital anomaly, or toxic! damage from the Steptoe-Ed-1 wards technique (of ‘testtube’ conception and im-: plantation of the embryo).” I
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