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New VR game to help children rehabilitate after brain tumour treatment

15 May 2025, 1:28 p.m.

The National Institute for Health and Care Research Great Ormond Street Hospital Biomedical Research Centre (NIHR GOSH BRC) is working with partners to develop a new virtual reality (VR) game.

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Healthcare Scientist Award Winners 2025

8 May 2025, 3:57 p.m.

As part of Healthcare Science Week, we hosted an awards ceremony to celebrate our scientists. See the winners for each category below.

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Gene therapy offers potential to extend lives of children with rare immune disorder

30 Apr 2025, 10 p.m.

Children have had their lives changed by a ground-breaking gene therapy treatment at Great Ormond Street Hospital for a rare immunodeficiency.

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Cutting-edge genomic technology saves girl from rare brain infection

30 Apr 2025, 8:14 a.m.

Great Ormond Street Hospital has launched the UK’s first accredited ‘metagenomics’ testing service, that allows clinicians to identify infections that are otherwise undetectable.

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New research analyses key immune cell

28 Mar 2025, 11:16 a.m.

A new study led by researchers at University College London Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health has found that women have a higher proportion of key immune cells between puberty and menopause.

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