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Biomedical Research Centre news

New plan announced to get more children access to gene therapy treatments

9 Apr 2024, 9 a.m.

Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), supported by LifeArc and Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity (GOSH Charity), has announced plans to revolutionise how children living with a rare disease can gain access to life-changing treatments that hav

First-of-its-kind study into the Ketogenic diet

2 Apr 2024, 10 a.m.

A ketogenic diet, which is low in carbohydrates and high in fat, shows promise as an alternative treatment option for infants with drug-resistant epilepsy.

Adult helping a child in goggles with a pipette

Raising awareness on Rare Disease Day

8 Mar 2024, 12:04 p.m.

To celebrate Rare Disease Day we invited patients and their families to try out 13 different hands-on and interactive fun and educational science and research activities for children and adults.

a mis-shapen ball of red circles, surrounded by blue filaments on a black background

Stem cells collected in late pregnancy herald advances in prenatal medicine

4 Mar 2024, 4 p.m.

A new pioneering approach, developed by researchers at UCL and Great Ormond Street Hospital means human development can be observed in late pregnancy for the first time

Senior research associate Giovanni Giuseppe Giobbe, Marta Gazzaneo, Lucy Holland and Giada Benedetti standing together in the ZCR

A moment of discovery: extraordinary images showcase research at GOSH

29 Feb 2024, 9 a.m.

A vibrant image helping researchers' study gastrointestinal diseases and their potential treatments has been crowned the winner of the 3rd annual National Institute for Health and Care Research Great Ormond Street Hospital Biomedical Research Centre (NIHR