Members of the CARE team have been involved in the following unique list of national and international firsts, demonstrating the teams´ commitment to driving forward the quality and success of fertility treatments.
- 1978 World´s first IVF baby
- 1981 First male factor patients treated
- 1982 Britain´s first IVF twins
- 1982 World´s first baby delivered after intrauterine sperm/egg transfer
- 1984 Britain´s first IVF triplets
- 1984 World´s first baby from blastocyst transfer
- 1987 World´s first babies, twins, born after frozen embryo donated eggs
- 1988 World´s first baby born after home monitoring of fertility treatment
- 1989 Britain´s first babies, twins, born after host surrogacy
- 1990 World´s first baby, born after micro-injection
- 1992 Britain´s first SUZI treatment baby
- 1992 Britain´s first "sugar drop" frozen embryo baby
- 1994 World´s first CISS baby
- 1994 Britain´s first triplets born after host surrogacy
- 1996 World´s first testicular spermatid baby
- 1996 Britain´s first pregnancy using maternal host grandmother
- 1997 World´s first pre-cancer treatment recovery of testicular material from pre-pubescent boy
- 1999 World´s first IVF baby for cystic fibrosis patient
- 1999 World´s first baby for man using Multiple Ejaculate Resuspension Centrifugation
- 2001 UK´s first licence awarded for PD and HLA tissue typing
- 2002 Embryo chromosome (aneuploidy) screening licence awarded
- 2004 First NHS-funded treatment for PGD and HLA tissue typing
- 2007 Europe´s first baby born following embryo screening using Comparative Genomic Hybridisation (CGH)
