Robert Edwards of Britain won the 2010 Nobel Prize in medicine today. He was awarded for developing in-vitro fertilization, a breakthrough that has helped millions of infertile couples worldwide have children.Edwards, an 85-year-old professor emeritus at the University of Cambridge, started working on IVF as early as the 1950s. He developed the technique, in which egg cells are fertilized outside the body and then implanted in the womb, together with gynecologist surgeon Patrick Steptoe, who died in 1988.On July 25, 1978, Louise Brown in Britain became the first baby born through the groundbreaking procedure, marking a revolution in fertility treatment. The medicine prize committee in Stockholm said in its citation that the achievements of Edwards have made it possible to treat infertility, a medical condition afflicting a large proportion of humanity, including more than 10 percent of all couples worldwide. Approximately 4 million individuals have been born thanks to IVF, the citation said.The medicine award was the first of the 2010 Nobel Prizes to be announced. It will be followed by physics on Tuesday, chemistry on Wednesday, literature on Thursday, the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday and economics on October 11. The world's first test tube baby said today, she was delighted that Robert Edwards, the pioneering scientist who made her birth possible, has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine. Louise Brown, in a joint statement with her mother Lesley said, its fantastic news and they are so glad that one of the pioneers of IVF (in vitro fertilisation) has been given the recognition, he deserves. Louise's birth in 1978 was the first to stem from the groundbreaking work of Edwards and Patrick Steptoe, a gynecologic surgeon. She is now a mother herself, having given birth by natural means. Although Edwards, now 85, is too frail to give interviews, his wife Ruth said the family was thrilled and delighted at the honor. The success of this research has touched the lives of millions of people worldwide.