On the morning of September 21 or 22, Hilary Schneider, Greg Mrva, and Yahoo media boss Jimmy Pitaro met with Patrick and Mike for breakfast at a hotel just off Times Square in New York.

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Wednesday had failed in a penalty appeal after Clarke went down under a challenge from Patrick McCarthy but they were perhaps fortunate that referee Mike Dean allowed play to continue in the build-up to the Owls equaliser.

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The initiative has been warmly welcomed by Mike Macnamee, chief executive of Bourn Hall Clinic - based near Cambridge - which was established by IVF pioneers Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards.

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"Bob Edwards is one of our greatest scientists, " said Mike Macnamee, chief executive of Bourn Hall, the IVF clinic founded by Prof Edwards with his fellow IVF pioneer Patrick Steptoe, a gynaecological surgeon.

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