The first oesophagus to be engineered in a lab could allow children born with part of their food pipe missing to have a new organ grown for them using their own cells and pig tissue, scientists believe. Babies born with long-gap oesophageal atresia (LGOA), a rare condition which causes the food pipe to be separated … Read more
An Essex mother of a three-year-old boy diagnosed with a rare brain tumour has said three separate GP visits misdiagnosed her son’s cancer as infections before he was rushed to A&E. Emily Cable, 30, a former retail worker, said her son Frank first presented with fatigue and irritability in April 2024, aged one. This progressed … Read more
A boy who had open-heart surgery at just seven months old is now a regular three-year-old who likes to play tennis and do puzzles, his parents have said. Alaric, who lives in Hethersett, Norfolk, was diagnosed with potential heart issues during a 12-week in-utero scan in 2023. Further tests at London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital … Read more