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New specialist gender service starts
A new specialist service for children and young people who need gender-related care and support from the NHS has opened.
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A new Children's Cancer Centre
Learn more about our fantastic plans for a new facility at Great Ormond Street Hospital, dedicated to the treatment of children with cancer.
GOSH news
New treatment for brain tumour approved after over 20 years of research
24 Apr 2024, 8 a.m.
The first-ever targeted treatment for brain tumours in children has been approved for NHS patients, following decades of research by a Great Ormond Street consultant.
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Kidney swap for GOSH patient who’s spent over 3,600 hours on dialysis
23 Apr 2024, 6 a.m.
A five-year-old patient, who has spent almost 10% of her childhood on dialysis, has successfully had a transplant thanks to a kidney-swap scheme.
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New cheek swab test helping to monitor children with rare heart condition
22 Apr 2024, 9:49 a.m.
A cheap and simple test, being developed with funding from the British Heart Foundation (BHF), will allow quick and safe monitoring in children with arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathies (ACM).
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Help pioneer new treatments for millions of people this DNA Day
23 Apr 2024, 9:41 a.m.
DNA Day is coming up this Thursday (25 April) and the team behind the DNA, Children + Young People’s Health Resource (D-CYPHR) are encouraging children and young people to contribute to important health research.
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Raising awareness on Rare Disease Day
8 Mar 2024, 12:04 p.m.
To celebrate Rare Disease Day we invited patients and their families to try out 13 different hands-on and interactive fun and educational science and research activities for children and adults.
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New study finds that nasal cells protect against Covid-19 in children
18 Apr 2024, 9:20 a.m.
New research shows that children are less likely than adults to develop severe COVID because cells in their nose are better at fighting off the virus.
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