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The GOSH press office handles all media relations, including journalist, filming, and photography enquiries.

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GOSH marks Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

2 Sep 2025, 8 a.m.

Join us in the Lagoon on 3, 4 and 30 September between 11am and 2pm for a range of activities to mark Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.

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A colorful illustration of three small primates—a bush baby (galago), a tamarin monkey, and a mouse lemur—posed playfully against a vibrant background. Each animal is depicted with friendly, expressive features to highlight their role in evolutionary research.

What do bush babies, tamarin monkeys, and mouse lemurs have that humans don’t?

28 Aug 2025, 10:41 a.m.

GOSH imaging researchers have worked with teams in Harvard in the USA to work out how and when our pelvises developed to be different from other animals.

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A small baby with a breathing tube lies in a hospital incubator holding a hand.

Nanodiamonds and hormones used in rare condition to promote lung growth

27 Aug 2025, 9 a.m.

An international research team led by GOSH, UCL and KU Leuven in Belgium, is using 3D-printing and nanodiamonds, to design treatments that could help babies repair their damaged lungs in the womb.

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90s time capsule sealed by Diana, Princess of Wales, revealed

27 Aug 2025, 9 a.m.

A time capsule, laid by Diana, Princess of Wales, at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) 34 years ago has been opened to enable construction of the hospital’s new Children’s Cancer Centre

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New national registry for inherited hearing loss

26 Aug 2025, 2:20 p.m.

A new national registry is helping researchers understand more about inherited hearing loss – and could help bring about new treatments.

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