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Life in the UK Test Practice Question · Ho & Duck: Add-on — History & Identity

Who was Louise Brown and why is she notable?

A) The first woman to serve as President of the Royal Society
B) The first person to receive a successful heart transplant in the UK
C) The world's first baby conceived through IVF, born in Oldham, Lancashire in 1978
D) The first female British astronaut to travel to the International Space Station

Correct answer: The world's first baby conceived through IVF, born in Oldham, Lancashire in 1978

Louise Brown, the world's first baby conceived through in vitro fertilisation, was born in Oldham, Lancashire in 1978.

Related handbook facts

Lancashire was the site of a major medical breakthrough in 1978, when the first infant conceived via in-vitro fertilisation was delivered in Oldham.

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