A state-of-the-art stem cell research facility is now open at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), increasing our capacity for cutting edge research into regenerative medicine.
Four collaborative research trials, which all included GOSH patients treated at the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) GOSH Clinical Research Facility (CRF), have been recently published in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine.
Researchers have grown the world’s first oesophagus engineered from stem cells and successfully transplanted them into mice, in a pioneering new study led by Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) and the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (IC
A team from Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) and University College London Hospitals (UCLH) have carried out the first two operations on the damaged spinal cords of babies in the womb, in what are the first surgeries of their kind in the UK.
Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) is to become the first hospital in the UK to offer a pioneering cancer therapy, known as CAR-T therapy, to NHS patients with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). The first patients begin treatment at GOSH this we
A team from University College London Hospitals (UCLH), UCL and Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) has won the clinical leadership team award in the BMJ awards, the UK's leading medical awards which promote excellence in healthcare and recognise the insp
Twenty five young people came to Great Ormond Street Hospital’s (GOSH) new digital hub DRIVE last week as part of an event to help digital researchers and industry engage with a diverse group of young people and hear how their products could be improved t
Joe, aged 15, who features on Paul O’Grady’s Little Heroes, is being treated at GOSH for Marfan Syndrome, a genetic disorder that affects the body’s connective tissue, which plays an important role in helping the body grow and develop properly. Joe has a
Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly being used to improve our everyday lives and, at GOSH we’re proud to be leading the way in applying this sophisticated technology to healthcare research. Dr Valeria Ricotti shares how we've been using AI to und
Meet physiotherapist Lesley Katchburian who cares for Cora in episode four of Paul O’Grady’s Little Heroes. Lesley, who is Lead Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist for Botulinum Toxin Services in Neurodisability at GOSH, explains why botulinum toxin can b
Recently, young people and families went behind the scenes of research at GOSH at the annual Family Fun Day, hosted by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) Biomedical Research Centre (BRC).
We are committed to providing better treatment and cures for children with complex and rare conditions around the world through research and innovation. In partnership with UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (ICH), we form part of Europe’s
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.
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
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 sha
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
An international collaboration including researchers from the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (ICH) has found brain tumours in babies are biologically different to those in older children and could be targeted by existing medications.
Our army of researchers at GOSH and the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (ICH) are supporting scientific studies aimed at understanding, tracking and even stopping COVID-19. Several studies employ the expertise of intensive care researche
Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) can provide a more accurate diagnosis for patients with missing or poorly functioning immune systems, while providing new insight into complex genetic causes, according to results of a new international study involving resear
Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) is recruiting COVID-19 patients to participate in a new nationwide study looking at why some people are more severely affected by the virus than others, as part of a partnership between the GenOMICC Study Consortium (le
