True or false: Oldham in Lancashire was the birthplace, in 1978, of the first 'test-tube baby' in the world.

ATrueRight answer
BFalse

Answer: True

True. IVF treatment for infertility was first developed in Britain by Sir Robert Edwards and Patrick Steptoe, leading to this birth in 1978.

From chapter 3 of the handbook, "A long and illustrious history", section "Britain since 1945". Practice question 270 of 651, written in our own words.

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