Life right now is a constant mix of fear, exhaustion and love that feels too heavy to carry alone,” the mother said.

Scientists from UCL and Great Ormond Street Hospital have created the first lab grown oesophagus - the food pipe - shown to safely replace a full section of the organ and restore normal function, ...

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Rising health concerns emerge in Nigeria over a blood transfusion ban among Jehovah's Witnesses, highlighting the potential risks to public safety.

Hudson Reid, from Kilwinning, Ayrshire, was just two when a severe sickness bug led to dehydration which caused a blood clot ...

Fri, Mar 20, 2026 Children born with a rare and serious condition affecting the oesophagus could soon be grown new ones using flesh from a pig, following a major scientific breakthrough. The study, ...

The first lab-grown oesophagus has been engineered by scientists from a pig and could be transplanted into babies within five ...

A Great Ormond Street Hospital study means children born with missing part of oesophagus could have a new food pipe ...

Scientists from Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) and University College London (UCL) have created the first lab‑grown esophagus—the food pipe—shown to safely replace a full section of the organ and ...

The engineered tissue was implanted into pigs, which were able to swallow and eat normally after six months without the need for immunosuppressants.

Hickey, now aged 55, underwent a third mammogram, an ultrasound and a biopsy and was shocked to be diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ, an early form of breast cancer.

One morning in May 2019, a cardiac surgeon stepped into the operating room at Boston Children’s Hospital more prepared than ever before to perform a high-risk procedure to rebuild a child’s heart. The ...