Patrick Steptoe, an English gynecologist and medical researcher, helped develop the technique of in vitro fertilization. In this process, a mature egg is removed from the female ovary and is fertilized in a test tube. After a short incubation period,...

British obstetrician and gynecologist Patrick Steptoe (1913-1988), gained international acclaim when years of hard work resulted in the birth of the world's first "test tube baby." He and colleague, Robert Edwards, delivered a healthy baby girl that...

1913-1988 British Obstetrician, Gynecologist, and Reproductive Biologist Patrick Steptoe pioneered the technique of human in vitro fertilization for the treatment of infertility. The technique involves removing eggs from the ovary of a woman,...

Patrick Christopher Steptoe (June 9,1913, Oxford, England - March 21,1988, Canterbury) was a British obstetrician and gynaecologist and a pioneer of fertility treatment. Steptoe was responsible with biologist and physiologist Robert Edwards for...

Dr. Patrick Steptoe, 74, the British gynecologist who pioneered the test-tube baby technique that made parenthood possible for thousands of otherwise infertile couples, died of cancer March 21 at a hospital in Canterbury, England. Dr. Steptoe and his partner, physiologist Robert Edwards, were...

Malcolm Miller offers greetings Roger Steptoe celebrates his 50th birthday on 25 January 2003 and to mark his half-century of musical achievement he is celebrating something of a creative rebirth. From his home in the region of Correze in southwest France,...