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The BAME Forum asks: what does racial equality mean to you?

5 Feb 2021, 11:54 a.m.

Last week saw the launch of the first Race Equality Week in the UK. It was motivated by the Nobel prize nominated Black Lives Matter movement, and as a response to the disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on black and brown communities. …

GOSH-led metformin trial dramatically reduces seizures for people with Tuberous Sclerosis

2 Feb 2021, 4:28 p.m.

A team of researchers led by UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (ICH) and Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) has found that metformin – a drug commonly used to treat Type 2 diabetes – can successfully reduce symptoms associated with …

GOSH takes cycling gold

20 Jan 2021, 4:49 p.m.

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust has become the first hospital in the UK to be awarded gold by Cycling UK’s Cycle Friendly Employer Accreditation Scheme.

Global collaboration studies largest ever group of children with brain or spinal complications related to COVID-19

18 Jan 2021, 5:35 p.m.

In the summer of 2020, an international research collaboration was established, including Neuroradiologists from Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), to better understand the symptoms of COVID-19 in children.

Ancient gene mutation found as the cause of rare hereditary condition for GOSH patient

18 Jan 2021, 5:11 p.m.

UK scientists have found that a 7,000-year-old genetic mutation is responsible for a rare form of hereditary motor neuropathy (HMN).