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Biomedical Research Centre news

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Scientists discover clues to help children with rare muscle disease

8 Sep 2025, 4:20 p.m.

New ground-breaking research by experts at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) and University College London (UCL) has led to an exciting discovery that could help children with the rare muscle disease, juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM).

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GOSH-led trial of AI-scribe technology shows ‘transformative’ benefits for patients and clinicians across London

4 Sep 2025, 6 a.m.

A major GOSH-led study has found that AI-scribing technology can significantly reduce clinician workload while improving patient care

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What do bush babies, tamarin monkeys, and mouse lemurs have that humans don’t?

28 Aug 2025, 10:41 a.m.

GOSH imaging researchers have worked with teams in Harvard in the USA to work out how and when our pelvises developed to be different from other animals.

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Nanodiamonds and hormones used in rare condition to promote lung growth

27 Aug 2025, 9 a.m.

An international research team led by GOSH, UCL and KU Leuven in Belgium, is using 3D-printing and nanodiamonds, to design treatments that could help babies repair their damaged lungs in the womb.

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New national registry for inherited hearing loss

26 Aug 2025, 2:20 p.m.

A new national registry is helping researchers understand more about inherited hearing loss – and could help bring about new treatments.