Celebrating the 96th birthday of British author and scientist, Anne McLaren | Google doodle celebrates Dame Anne Laura Dorinthea McLaren

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Dame Anne Laura Dorinthea McLaren aka Anne McLaren

British author and scientist

 


  • Anne McLaren, was a pioneering British scientist, who studied how embryos develop. 
Anne McLaren


  • Her research helped lead to the development of in-vitro fertilizations (IVF), the technology that has enabled thousands of couples to have children.
  • Anne McLaren, was born in London, on 26 April, 1927.
  • In the 1950s, McLaren began focusing on developmental biology, focusing on mice. 
Annie McLaren and John D. Biggers

Source : onlinelibrary.wiley.com

  • Anne McLaren and John D. Biggers successfully grown mouse embryos in vitro, (that is, in lab equipment). 
  • The embryos were then transferred into the wombs of female mice, where they developed into a healthy litter.
  • This experiment was a vital proof of principle. It showed that it was possible to mix sperm and eggs outside the mother’s body and create a healthy embryo, which could then grow to term.
Source : babyology.com.au

World's first test tube baby born
Source : bowienewsonline.com


  • In 1978, Louise Brown, became the first person to be born after being conceived in vitro. She became world-famous as the first “test tube baby”.
  • In 1991, Anne McLaren became the foreign secretary of the United Kingdom’s Royal Society.
  • She was the first woman to ever hold an office in the Society, when the society was 331 years old at that time.
  • Anne McLaren died on 7 July, 2007, in a car crash, which also killed her ex-husband, Donald Michie.

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