Every time a Burmese python swallows a meal, something remarkable happens inside its body. Its heart expands by a quarter.

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, ...

Physical and psychological recovery and beyond ...

Now, scientists have made a significant advancement. In a breakthrough that seems closer to science fiction than surgery, scientists have created a working segment of the esophagus. This marks a major ...