BRC news

Diagnosis with a brain tumour can bring family life to a standstill in the worst possible way. But it also sparks an immediate flurry of activity, as a multi-disciplinary GOSH team springs into action around the child and their family. From radiology and genetics to nursing and psychology, these experts provide support and care at every stage of the child’s journey, as well as supporting vital research to find new treatments and cures. We found out more from three members of the expert brain tumour clinical trials team.

A drug that ‘skips over’ a genetic fault responsible for the fatal muscle-wasting condition Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) has shown promising results in an international trial led by Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH).

For this year's Rare Disease Day on 29th February, we invited children and young people at GOSH to make their own DNA keyring, map out their family tree, learn more about the genetics of rare diseases and even get a 'rare' new look.

Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) and The Institute of Child Health (ICH) were delighted to hold the first ‘Young Voices in Research’ event on Thursday 20 February, inviting members of the GOSH Young People’s Forum (YPF) and current GOSH patients to share their ideas and thoughts on how children and young people can be better involved in research.

Children of mothers prescribed macrolide antibiotics during the first trimester of pregnancy are at an increased risk of major birth defects when compared with penicillin, and the drugs should be used ‘with caution’ according to a new study involving researchers from the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health and National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Great Ormond Biomedical Research Centre (BRC).

The first paediatric patients have received a pioneering new gene therapy that can restore eyesight at Great Ormond Street Hospital.

To celebrate International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we'd like to introduce some of the fantastic research leaders at GOSH and its academic and charity partners. They all lead broad programmes to support, fund and enable child health research at GOSH and beyond. And today we're celebrating one of the things that unites them: their love of science. 

A Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) neurologist is leading a group of doctors, advocacy groups and researchers from Europe and Japan who have been awarded a grant of more than £5.5 million to research the link between the brain and muscular dystrophy.