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A Long and Illustrious History

The world's first test-tube baby was born in:

ALondon in 1975
BOldham, Lancashire in 1978
CEdinburgh in 1980
DCambridge in 1982

Explanation

The world's first "test-tube baby" was born in Oldham, Lancashire in 1978. IVF therapy was pioneered by physiologist Sir Robert Edwards and gynaecologist Patrick Steptoe.

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