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Latest press releases

The latest Great Ormond Street Hospital press releases are collected here. For our general news and feature pieces, please access our news area.

Study finds gene involved in remembering faces

23 Dec 2013, 3:28 p.m.

A gene known to influence mother-infant bonding – the oxytocin receptor - may also play an important role in our ability to remember faces, according to an international study led by the UCL Institute of Child Health.

Kindness of a stranger gives boy life-saving gift

20 Dec 2013, 2:40 p.m.

Thanks to a rare gift from a complete stranger, 12-year-old Tom Higgs will no longer need to spend Christmas hooked up to a dialysis machine.

Two in three 13-year-old girls afraid of gaining weight

17 Dec 2013, 2:13 p.m.

Six in ten 13-year-old girls, compared to four in 10 boys the same age, are afraid of gaining weight or getting fat, according to new research on eating disorders from the UCL Institute of Child Health in collaboration with the London School of Hygiene an

Interim chief executive appointed

9 Dec 2013, 12:05 p.m.

A distinguished and experienced healthcare leader has been appointed as the interim chief executive of Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust.

First UK clinical trial to treat children with rare skin disorder using stem cells

2 Dec 2013, 12:03 p.m.

Testing of a new stem-cell based treatment for a rare and debilitating skin condition has begun at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH).