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Our proposals for a new cancer facility

28 Nov 2022, 10 a.m.

Great Ormond Street Hospital is planning to rebuild the Frontage Building and main entrance to create a Children’s Cancer Centre.

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'Mini eyes’ help researchers understand blindness in rare condition

18 Nov 2022, 4:17 p.m.

Researchers at UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (UCL GOS ICH) have grown ‘mini eyes’ in the lab which will help researchers understand how blindness develops in the rare genetic condition Usher syndrome.

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Recognising World Diabetes Day 2022

13 Nov 2022, 9:30 a.m.

Around the world, more than 1.2 million children and young people live with type 1 diabetes. Hear from Dr Catherine Peters in our latest health information videos.

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Celebrating three years of progress and breakthroughs at the ZCR

11 Nov 2022, 4:06 p.m.

We're celebrating three years of the Zayed Centre for Research. That's another year of breakthrough research, with hundreds of clinicians and researchers collaborating to help seriously ill children from across the globe.

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Engaging with our neighbours on data, research and the environment

9 Nov 2022, 10:29 a.m.

One way to engage children in data, research and our environment is through the creation of micro-gardens. The GOSH scientists involved with the festival picked this activity to teach young people about the importance of natural spaces in urban areas...