Worldfirst

Scientists have grown an entity very close to a human embryo — without using sperm, eggs or a womb.The embryo even released enough of the hormone pregnant women produce that turns a pregnancy test positive, resulting in a positive test…

An English woman living in Australia has the dubious honour of being a world-first after medics pulled a live and wriggling 8cm parasitic worm, usually found in snakes, out of her brain.The 64-year-old woman, who hasn't been named, was…

A baby girl with a deadly genetic disorder was treated for the condition while inside her mother's womb, in a world-first.Little Denver Coleman, now two months, from Baton Rogue, Louisiana, is 'thriving' and is not showing any signs of…

World-first vaccine could be rolled out in MONTHS for baby killer winter bug RSV — which hospitalizes 50,000 children and kills 500 per yearPharma giant Pfizer could see its vaccine for RSV approved as soon as AugustThe shot is…

The Treasury has revealed proposals to regulate cryptocurrency, following widespread calls for action after the spectacular collapse of one of the world's largest trading exchanges.Promising a "robust" approach to digital…

The world's first international clinical guidelines to help prevent and treat heart complications in children undergoing cancer treatment have been created. The guidelines, published in JACC:Advances, cover cardiovascular disease…

A heart surgeon gave a baby boy a 'chance at life' thanks to a 'world first' operation using stem cells from placentas.Finley Pantry was born with a congenital heart defect that meant the two main arteries supplying blood to his lungs and…

A 13-year-old girl has been cleared of her terminal cancer after a world-first trial involving a revolutionary type of medicine.Alyssa had undergone chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant – but her leukaemia remained.The teenager from…

Jan Chu, senior research nurse at Great Ormond Street, gives Alyssa the therapy in May 2022.— Great Ormond Street HospitalLONDON: Doctors in Britain have hailed a pioneering treatment for an aggressive form of leukaemia after a…

Doctors have treated a girl with deadly genetic disease before she was even born, in a world-first.Ayla Bashir, a 16-month-old from Ontario, was given an enzyme therapy that was injected into her mother's stomach.Little Ayla has infantile…