What is the name of the world’s first test-tube baby, born on 25th July 1978 in Manchester, England?
History of in vitro fertilisation conceived by IVF, Louise Brown on 25 July 1978, in Oldham General Hospital, Greater Manchester, UK. In October 1978, it was reported that Subash Mukhopadyay, a relatively unknown physician from Kolkata, India was performing experiments on his own with primitive instruments and a household refrigerator and this resulted in a test tube baby, later named as "Durga" (alias Kanupriya Agarwal) who was born on 3 October 1978. However, state authorities prevented him from presenting his work at scientific conferences and, in the absence of scientific evidence, his work is not recognised by the international scientific community. These days, however, Mukhopadhyay's
Brainiac's Test Tube Baby Brainiac's Test Tube Baby Brainiac's Test Tube Baby was a live British parody popular science entertainment TV show hosted by Dominic Wood. It was a spin-off of the highly successful Sky1 show "" and first aired on Thursday 3 August 2006. Dominic is assisted by former "Big Brother" contestant Jon Tickle who also co-hosts the original Brainiac programme. Aspects of the show included "The Test Tube Babes" (two Brainiacs who search out "scientific truth"), the "CO challenge", where teams competed to propel a wheelchair as fast as they can on fire extinguisher power alone, the blowing up of caravans and