Medical Innovation

First British baby born using transplanted womb from dead donor

Published: 24 February 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online In a milestone for reproductive medicine, a baby boy has become the first child in the United Kingdom to be born to a mother who received a uterus transplanted from a deceased donor. The infant, Hugo Richard Norman Powell, was delivered by caesarean section in December at Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital in London, part of Imperial College Healthcare...

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Boy First in UK to Have Surgery to Make Him Taller

Published: 17 February 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A nine-year-old boy has become the first person in the UK to undergo a pioneering surgical procedure designed to make him taller, in a breakthrough many experts hope will transform treatment for children with certain growth conditions. The operation was carried out at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool, where specialists used an innovative magnetic technique to lengthen...

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