Anne McLaren died in a car accident along with her former husband and lifelong friend Donald Michie while traveling from Cambridge to London on 7 July 2007.
How old is Anne McLaren now?
Dr McLaren, who is 94 years old today, later sat on the influential Warnock Committee in the 1980s, whose work led to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act in 1990 the UK's watershed legislation which regulates research and technology around creating human embryos in the lab.26 Apr 2021
How old was Anne McLaren when died?
80 years1927–2007
What did Anne McLaren do?
Anne McLaren was a pioneering scientist who studied how embryos develop. Her research helped lead to the development of in-vitro fertilisation (IVF), the technology that has enabled thousands of couples to have children.
Is Anne McLaren still alive?
Deceased1927–2007
Where did Anne McLaren die?
England, United Kingdom
What is Anne McLaren known for?
McLaren was the first researcher to grow mouse embryos outside of the womb. She experimented by culturing mouse eggs and successfully developing them into embryos, leading to advancements with in vitro fertilization.23 Jun 2010
Who is Anne McLaren husband?
The Honourable Dame Anne McLaren DBE FRS FRCOG
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Who is Anne McLaren discover?
In what was to become a longstanding interest in the effects of environment on cells and embryos, one of Anne's earliest experiments with John Biggers demonstrated that mammalian embryos cultured outside of the womb for over 24 h would result in a normal birth a key discovery leading to the first successful clinical 1 Oct 2007