Alan trounson biography wife

Cosmos » Biology. Alan Trounson has faced down a charging black rhino. It is not the worst confronation he has experienced during an eventful career. In the s Trounson transformed in vitro fertilisation IVF from a hit-or-miss procedure into the routine treatment that has brought some five million babies into the world. In his team was one of the first to capture the immortal stem cells that exist so fleetingly in the developing human embryo.

Alan Trounson

These pioneering technologies made Trounson the target of incensed Catholics, feminists, politicians and journalists. Trounson faced each onslaught, shrugged off the bruises and moved on to the next challenge. When Trounson left the post last year to spend more time with his family in Australia, the report card was positive. Trounson is now back home.

But at the age of 69, he is not contemplating the quiet life. Hard to say. Trounson is not given to introspection.