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Biomedical Research Centre news

Inflammatory syndrome in children is not caused by a special strain of coronavirus

16 Nov 2020, 1:38 p.m.

The world’s first genetic study of coronavirus from children with inflammatory syndrome PIMS-TS, led by researchers at the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (ICH), suggests characteristics of the human host, rather than of the virus itself

Antibodies from the common cold could help protect against COVID-19

13 Nov 2020, 4:10 p.m.

Common cold antibodies, created by the immune system and found much more commonly in children aged between 6-16, could provide some protection against COVID-19.

Hope of better treatments for rare childhood cancer as disease origin is uncovered

5 Nov 2020, 9:16 a.m.

GOSH researchers are part of a team of scientists who have identified how a rare form of childhood cancer may originate, according to a new study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine.

GOSH set to take part in world first human challenge study to find a COVID-19 vaccine

27 Oct 2020, 11:02 a.m.

National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Great Ormond Street Hospital Biomedical Research Centre is set to play a crucial role in a new study exploring the possibility of running the first human challenge study to find a vaccine for COVID-19.

Funding success for Parkinson’s research

24 Sep 2020, 1 p.m.

Two multi-million-pound research grants will fund a pioneering new programme of research aimed at understanding and tackling Parkinson’s disease, including vital genetic investigations at the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (ICH).