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Stanley, age 8, suffers from pulmonary hypertension - a rare and progressive disease characterised by high blood pressure in the arteries of the lungs, with no known cure. This Rare Disease Day (29 February 2020) his mum, Karen, shares their story and why raising awareness of rare diseases is essential. 

Please find below the latest information for patients from NHS England on coronavirus (COVID-19).

Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity (GOSH Charity) and Sparks, the children’s medical research charity, have announced funding for five projects at the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (ICH), as part of the UK’s largest funding scheme dedicated to child health research.

With 80% of rare diseases having a genetic component, understanding a person’s genome – their unique sequence of DNA and complete genetic code  – has a huge part to play in both diagnosis and care for patients and their families. Dr Daniel Gale, Rare Disease Lead for the North Thames Genomics Laboratory Hub, which is led by Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), provides an update on where genomics is now in relation to rare disease, and the exciting developments ahead in this field.

Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) and The Institute of Child Health (ICH) were delighted to hold the first ‘Young Voices in Research’ event on Thursday 20 February, inviting members of the GOSH Young People’s Forum (YPF) and current GOSH patients to share their ideas and thoughts on how children and young people can be better involved in research.