Biomedical Research Centre news

New funding to support pioneering thymus transplant research at GOSH

11 Jul 2018, 2:19 p.m.

Professors Graham Davies and Adrian Thrasher have been awarded funding from Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) Charity to further develop a cutting-edge new treatment for children with the rare immunodeficiency condition complete DiGeorge syndrome (cDGS)

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Burosumab treatment for XLH Rickets_before and after

Precision medicine improves growth for children with a rare form of rickets

6 Jul 2018, 10:39 a.m.

A new, targeted drug has been shown to significantly improve growth and control of rickets in children with X-linked hypophosphataemic rickets (XLH), a serious condition affecting about 300 children in the UK.

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Meredyth Wilkinson, one of the study's first authors

Cutting edge new method reveals novel cause of Juvenile dermatomyositis

25 Jun 2018, 10:18 a.m.

A new in-depth method has helped shed light on the key role of B cells, a type of immune cell, in the rare childhood condition Juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM).

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Novel therapy reduces disease progression in rare neurodegenerative condition

21 Jun 2018, 11:55 a.m.

A pioneering new treatment trialled at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) reduces disease progression by 80 per cent for patients with the rare neurological disorder CLN2.

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Cannabidiol reduces seizures for children with complex epilepsies

14 Jun 2018, 8:49 p.m.

Cannabidiol, a drug derived from cannabis but with the psychoactive ingredients removed, has been shown to reduce seizures by around 40 % in children with a rare form of drug resistant epilepsy known as Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS).

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