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New VR game to help children rehabilitate after brain tumour treatment

15 May 2025, 1:28 p.m.

The National Institute for Health and Care Research Great Ormond Street Hospital Biomedical Research Centre (NIHR GOSH BRC) is working with partners to develop a new virtual reality (VR) game.

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New 'Secure Data Environment' joint offering from GOSH and Aridhia to accelerate clinical research and healthcare innovation

21 May 2025, 2:35 p.m.

We are expanding our partnership with Aridhia to include an offer to external partners.

GOSH Arts dance with a child and their parent

NIHR GOSH CRF celebrates International Clinical Trials Day

21 May 2025, 6:09 p.m.

On Tuesday 20 May we celebrated International Clinical Trials Day in NIHR GOSH Clinical Research Facility (CRF).

Making it easier to invest in frontline care

12 Jun 2025, 4:53 p.m.

GOSH and UCL have signed a landmark agreement to simplify the commercialisation of any joint research and innovation and ensure any financial proceeds are shared equally.

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Genes may help to predict which children will respond well to arthritis treatment

16 Jun 2025, 4:37 p.m.

A team of researchers at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) and University College London (UCL) have identified a set of genes that could be used to help doctors predict which children will respond well to treatment for juvenile idiopathic arthritis.

Toddler doing well after receiving newest gene therapy available on NHS

25 Jun 2025, 9:23 a.m.

A toddler with a life-limiting and life-threatening rare disease is the youngest to be treated with the newest gene therapy available on the NHS at GOSH.

Young people donate tissue samples to unlock mysteries of arthritis

2 Jul 2025, 9:49 a.m.

A new groundbreaking study led by researchers at the University of Birmingham, Great Ormond Street Hospital, University College London and Birmingham Children’s Hospital has revealed important clues into what is driving arthritis in children.

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Good Hope Works at GOSH

17 May 2017, 12:53 p.m.

Good Hope Works is an exciting creative research project facilitated by GOSH Arts and undertaken by artist Joanna Brinton. The project has engaged staff from across Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) and will culminate in the installation of a permanent

48% increase in clinical research participants at GOSH

20 Jul 2018, 11:34 a.m.

The number of people taking part in research trials at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) has increased by 48 per cent, according to figures released this week by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).

Cannabidiol reduces seizures for children with complex epilepsies

14 Jun 2018, 8:49 p.m.

Cannabidiol, a drug derived from cannabis but with the psychoactive ingredients removed, has been shown to reduce seizures by around 40 % in children with a rare form of drug resistant epilepsy known as Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS).

Critical research in intensive care

5 Aug 2019, 9:36 a.m.

A UK-wide clinical trial looking at what is the best level of oxygen to aim for children who are on ventilation in intensive care is set to launch later this year.

Drug for rare form of rickets now available on the NHS

11 Jan 2019, 10:19 a.m.

A new, targeted treatment for the rare form of rickets called X-Linked Hypophosphataemia (XLH) is now available to NHS patients from 8 January 2019, following an international clinical trial.

European clinical trial for Kawasaki disease to be led by GOSH and ICH researchers

27 Jun 2019, 1:42 p.m.

Researchers at the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (ICH) and Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) are to lead a new clinical trial for Kawasaki syndrome (KD-CAAP), a rare immune system condition that causes swelling of the blood vessels o

Genetic testing helps diagnose developmental disorders before birth

1 Feb 2019, 11:05 a.m.

Genetic sequencing improved the diagnosis of abnormalities detected in ultrasound scans of developing babies, in new research from Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), the Wellcome Sanger Institute and Birmingham Women’s Hospital.

GOSH Allied Health Professionals awarded PhD studentships from the NIHR

13 Feb 2019, 3:39 p.m.

Two allied health professionals (AHPs) at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) have been awarded prestigious Clinical Doctoral Fellowships from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).

Elaine Cloutman Green Healthcare scientist

GOSH and ICH to tackle antibiotic resistance in children

27 Jun 2019, 1:43 p.m.

A new initiative set to tackle the global threat of antibiotic resistance (also known as antimicrobial resistance or AMR) has been awarded £3.3 million in government funding.

GOSH Charity and Sparks funding for child health research at ICH

28 Feb 2019, 2:11 p.m.

Four UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health researchers have been awarded research grants from Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity and Sparks, the children’s medical research charity as part of their annual National Call.

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GOSH nurse to be part of prestigious new research leadership programme

8 Feb 2019, 4:22 p.m.

GOSH nurse Dr Kate Oulton is to become part of a brand new nurse and midwife research leadership programme - the National Institute for Health Research’s (NIHR) 70@70 Research Leader programme.

To infinity and beyond!

23 Nov 2018, 11:32 a.m.

Last week, GOSH patients were joined by former NASA Astronaut Nicole Scott and Tim Peake (by Skype) for an exciting art project that is travelling the world!

Leukaemia cell therapy research receives new funding

25 Mar 2019, 9:39 a.m.

A cutting-edge research project applying the next generation of genome editing to treat aggressive childhood leukaemia has received over £1.4 million of funding from UK Research and Innovation.