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Study investigates new prenatal screening test for Down’s Syndrome in the NHS
21 Oct 2013, 10:58 a.m.
The possibility of offering an improved prenatal test for Down’s Syndrome will be evaluated in a major new study run by Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children (GOSH).
Bone marrow transplant patients given immune cells with ‘safety switch’
21 Oct 2013, 9:59 a.m.
Blood stem cell transplants supplemented with white blood cells engineered to carry a ‘safety switch’ have been given to three patients at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH).
Teenager treated with B vitamins for rare disorder
8 Oct 2013, 3:49 p.m.
The symptoms of a 15-year-old girl with a rare disorder improved dramatically after just one day of treatment with the B vitamins biotin and thiamine administered by Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH).
Mutated stem cells trigger pituitary tumours in children
3 Oct 2013, 3:08 p.m.
A type of pituitary tumour known as craniopharyngioma appears to form via a different mechanism to that thought to occur in more common tumours, according to a paper in the journal Cell Stem Cell.
