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Biomedical Research Centre news

Cannabidiol trial shows reduction in seizures for children with Dravet syndrome

30 May 2017, 12:58 p.m.

A trial conducted in Europe and the USA has shown that cannabidiol – a drug derived from cannabis but with the psycho-active elements removed – reduces seizures in children with a form of drug resistant epilepsy, known as Dravet syndrome.

Molecular diagnoses of century-old childhood tumours reveals cancer causing mutations

24 May 2017, 2:29 p.m.

A collection of 100-year old tumour samples held at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) has helped pinpoint the genetic mutations that cause some of the rarest childhood cancers.

Researchers announce oesophagus regeneration trial

24 Apr 2017, 3 p.m.

A team led by Professor Paolo De Coppi has announced that they are set to build and transplant an oesophagus using organs harvested from pigs and then modified using a child’s stem cells. The organs will be created for children who are born with a severe

Bobby Gaspar and Adrian Thrasher in ICH lobby

Researchers awarded up to £1 million to develop gene therapy for serious immunodeficiency

24 Apr 2017, 11:35 a.m.

The UCL Technology Fund (UCLTF) has approved an investment of up to £1 million to support researchers Professor Adrian Thrasher, Professor Bobby Gaspar, and Dr GiorgiaSantilli in developing a gene therapy approach for treating p47phox-deficient chronic gr

Tissue removed during heart surgery is saving lives of children with no immune system

15 Apr 2017, 2:31 p.m.

In a European first, a little-known gland called the ‘thymus’, some of which is routinely removed during cardiac surgery, has saved the lives of children with a life threatening immunodeficiency condition, complete DiGeorge syndrome (cDGS).