Netflix Joy's Robert Edwards' life after bringing first IVF baby into the world

Netflix's caller movie Joy follows the beingness of Robert Edwards, who is famously known for being the archetypal idiosyncratic to make a babe done successful vitro fertilisation (IVF)

Joy has conscionable landed connected Netflix and the affectional movie charts the travel of Robert Edwards (portrayed by James Norton), Jean Purdy (Thomasin McKenzie) and Patrick Steptoe (Bill Nighy) arsenic they pioneer groundbreaking IVF treatment.

The movie sees visionary idiosyncratic Robert employment Jean, a 23-year-old nurse, to negociate a probe laboratory successful Cambridge, England, backmost successful 1968. Robert had been attempting to person Patrick to assistance him successful achieving the singular breakthrough of successful vitro fertilisation.

Even aft securing Patrick's support, the trio are met with uncertainty from the technological and aesculapian communities. Over the ensuing decade, they acquisition nonrecreational victories and crushing disappointments.

Against each odds, they scope the pivotal infinitesimal successful 1978 erstwhile Louise Joy Brown is born, making past arsenic the world's archetypal IVF baby.

Here's everything you request to cognize astir what became of the existent Robert Edwards, affectionately known arsenic Bob.

The existent Robert, unneurotic with Jean and Patrick, established the archetypal IVF programme for infertile patients and trained different scientists successful their techniques for aboriginal generations.

In 2010, helium was honoured with the Nobel Prize successful Physiology oregon Medicine for his relation successful the improvement of successful vitro fertilization.

As acold backmost arsenic the 1950s, helium envisioned that IVF could service arsenic a solution for infertility and astir 4 cardinal individuals person since been calved utilizing this method.

After establishing the Bourn Hall Clinic to further their research, helium continued his vocation arsenic a idiosyncratic and exertion of aesculapian journals. One of his last nationalist appearances was connected the BBC Radio 4 bid The New Elizabethans, marking Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee successful 2012.

He died astatine his location adjacent Cambridge successful April 2013, aged 87, pursuing a lengthy conflict with a lung condition.

Cambridge University announced: "It is with heavy sadness that the household announces that Professor Sir Robert Edwards, Nobel prizewinner, idiosyncratic and co-pioneer of IVF, passed distant peacefully successful his slumber connected 10 April 2013 aft a agelong illness.

"He volition beryllium greatly missed by family, friends and colleagues."

Mike Macnamee, CEO of Bourn Hall, added: "Bob Edwards is 1 of our top scientists. His inspirational enactment successful the aboriginal 60s led to a breakthrough that has enhanced the lives of millions of radical worldwide.

"He is held successful large affection by everyone who has worked with him and was treated by him. For maine personally, Bob was a large mentor, workfellow and friend. It was a privilege to enactment with him and his passing is simply a large nonaccomplishment to america all."

Joy is present disposable for streaming connected Netflix.