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[[Image:Bourn Hall, Cambridgeshire.jpg|thumb|Bourn Hall Clinic]]
Refinements in technology have increased pregnancy rates and it is estimated that in 2010 about {{Nowrap|4 million}} children have been born by IVF,<ref name="nobelpr"/> with approximately 170,000 coming from donated [[oocyte]] and embryos.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090220015146/http://www.obgmanagement.com/srm/pdf/first_live_birth_donation.pdf First live birth donation]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.obgmanagement.com/srm.asp?id=5030 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071008194941/http://www.obgmanagement.com/srm.asp?id=5030 |dead-url=yes |archive-date=2007-10-08 |title=Home – OBG Management |publisher=Obgmanagement.com |accessdate=14 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theafa.org/library/article/talking_with_children_about_ovum_donation_2009 |title=Library |publisher=TheAFA.org |accessdate=14 April 2013}}</ref> Their breakthrough laid the groundwork for further innovations such as intracytoplasmatic sperm injection [[Intracytoplasmic sperm injection|ICSI]], embryo biopsy ([[Preimplantation genetic diagnosis|PGD]]), and [[stem cell]] research.
Edwards and Steptoe founded the [[Bourn Hall Clinic]] as a place to advance their work and train new specialists. Steptoe died in 1988. Edwards continued on in his career as a scientist and an editor of medical journals.
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