The pair founded the first ever IVF clinic at Bourn Hall in Cambridge, which now treats around 900 women a year.

他们在剑桥伯恩楼里成立了世界上第一家试管婴儿诊所，现在每年接待大约900位妇女顾客。

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"Bob Edwards is one of our greatest scientists, " said Mike Macnamee, chief executive of Bourn Hall, the IVF clinic Edwards and Steptoe co-founded, in the statement.

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Sue Avery, scientific director at the Bourn Hall Clinic in Cambridge, whose founders developed IVF, agreed only a few would choose to go through IVF who did not need to.

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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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