Medication
NEW YORK - The Nobel Prize in medicine went to a man whose work led to the first test tube baby, an achievement that helped bring 4 million infants into the world and raised challenging new questions about human reproduction.
Excerpts from the citation awarding the 2010 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine to Robert Edwards for the development of human in vitro fertilization, or IVF, therapy.
Recent winners of the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, and their research, according to the Nobel Foundation:
- 2010: British researcher Robert Edwards for the development of in-vitro fertilization.
NEW YORK - Walgreen Co. said Thursday it will begin selling special envelopes to shoppers to help them dispose of medications they no longer need.
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