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.

EU awards grant to develop new drug for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

26 Nov 2012, 12:39 p.m.

A team of scientists led by Professor Francesco Muntoni of the UCL Institute of Child Health has won an EU grant to develop and test a novel drug treatment for boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).

New research centre for teenagers with arthritis

26 Nov 2012, 10:24 a.m.

The world’s first research centre dedicated to understanding how and why arthritis affects teenagers has opened in the UK.

£10 million boost for Centre for Children’s Rare Disease Research

23 Nov 2012, 1:42 p.m.

A centre bringing together the country’s leading clinicians and researchers to find effective treatments for children’s rare diseases has received a £10 million funding boost

Paralympic table tennis player Will Bayley opens the Children’s Hospital School’s redeveloped garden

21 Nov 2012, 2:34 p.m.

Paralympic table tennis player, Will Bayley, returned to school to open the Children’s Hospital School’s redeveloped outdoor space at Great Ormond Street Hospital.

Funding boost for research into spinal muscular atrophy

21 Nov 2012, 10:33 a.m.

The Spinal Muscular Atrophy Trust (SMA Trust) has announced its £300,000 grant to fund research into this incurable neuromuscular condition.