Father of the 'test tube baby' Edwards wins Nobel Prize (AFP)

Robert Edwards, the pioneering scientist who developed IVF (in vitro fertilisation), seen here with Louise Edwards -- the world's first ever 'test tube baby' -- second right, with her mother and son, in 2005. Edwards has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine for his work on IVF(AFP/File)AFP - IVF pioneer Bob Edwards, who brought the joy of parenthood to millions of infertile couples, won the Nobel Prize for Medicine on Monday, more than three decades after the first test tube birth.