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Gene therapy successfully treats deadly childhood liver disease in mice

29 Jun 2026, 11:16 a.m.

Researchers at GOSH and UCL have used a new gene therapy to successfully treat a deadly childhood liver disease in mice.

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World-first gene therapy to target devastating rare immune disorder

29 Jun 2026, 11:16 a.m.

A first-of-its-kind gene therapy to treat people with CTLA-4 insufficiency is being advanced through a collaboration supported by LifeArc, and developed by scientists at UCL, with manufacturing support from NHS Blood and Transplant and GOSH.

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Shaping better research from the start

22 Jun 2026, 4:12 p.m.

At GOSH, patient and public involvement is helping researchers to ask the right question, right from the start.

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Research internships: building a more inclusive pipeline into clinical academia

22 Jun 2026, 1:19 p.m.

Through our Research Hospital Internship programme, the NIHR GOSH Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) is enabling healthcare professionals from diverse backgrounds to take their first steps into research.

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Life‑saving UK first intervention reverses young boy’s heart failure

18 Jun 2026, 10 a.m.

Specialists at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) have worked together to perform a life-saving intervention on a young boy with heart failure previously considered irreversible.