Biomedical Research Centre news

Lyn Chitty ultrasound scan

Genetic testing helps diagnose developmental disorders before birth

1 Feb 2019, 11:05 a.m.

Genetic sequencing improved the diagnosis of abnormalities detected in ultrasound scans of developing babies, in new research from Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), the Wellcome Sanger Institute and Birmingham Women’s Hospital.

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Somers CRF - interactive wall

Drug for rare form of rickets now available on the NHS

11 Jan 2019, 10:19 a.m.

A new, targeted treatment for the rare form of rickets called X-Linked Hypophosphataemia (XLH) is now available to NHS patients from 8 January 2019, following an international clinical trial.

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Sterile GOSgene laboratory

£1 million award to push forward regenerative medicine research

13 Dec 2018, 10:19 a.m.

Researchers at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) and the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (ICH) are to lead a new collaboration exploring how stem cells can be engineered to evade immune responses.

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Professor Persis Amrolia, Consultant in Bone Marrow Transplant at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH)

Autolus report initial results for cutting-edge cell therapy for cancer

7 Dec 2018, 10:11 a.m.

Clinical trials of a pioneering new cancer therapy known as AUTO3, developed by UCL spinout company Autolus Therapeutics, have shown positive initial results.

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BRC Academic Training Weekend

Training the next generation of paediatric researchers

27 Nov 2018, 3:33 p.m.

Paediatric researchers from across the UK came together for a special training weekend hosted by the NIHR GOSH Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) earlier this month.

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