Dying 14-year-old girl won right to be cryogenically frozen

Terminally ill teenager told High Court she wanted 'chance to be woken up in hundreds of years' time'

High court law

A dying teenage girl has won a landmark legal bid to have her body cryogenically frozen in the hope of being brought back to life in the future.

The 14-year-old had her wish granted shortly before she died of a rare form of cancer in October.

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