Biomedical Research Centre news

ICH researcher leads global effort to protect children with cancer during COVID-19 pandemic

21 May 2020, 1:59 p.m.

New international guidance will help frontline staff around the world continue to provide effective care for children and young people with cancer, at a time when these services are under great pressure due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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New investigational gene therapy shows promise for fatal brain disease

14 May 2020, 10:20 a.m.

Early results of an investigational new therapy used to treat a two-year old has shown promise, reports a Manchester team working with researchers from the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (ICH).

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GOSH joins groundbreaking genetic study into COVID-19

13 May 2020, 9:26 a.m.

Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) is recruiting COVID-19 patients to participate in a new nationwide study looking at why some people are more severely affected by the virus than others, as part of a partnership between the GenOMICC Study Consortium (le

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Genetic study of over 1,000 people sheds new light on immune-system disorders

6 May 2020, 4:30 p.m.

Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) can provide a more accurate diagnosis for patients with missing or poorly functioning immune systems, while providing new insight into complex genetic causes, according to results of a new international study involving resear

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Five COVID-19 questions we’re trying to answer

27 Apr 2020, 10:03 a.m.

Our army of researchers at GOSH and the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (ICH) are supporting scientific studies aimed at understanding, tracking and even stopping COVID-19. Several studies employ the expertise of intensive care researche

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