Researchers from two leading national organisations have rebuilt a human thymus using human stem cells and a bioengineered scaffold thanks to support from the NIHR GOSH Biomedical Research Centre (BRC). Their work, which has been published in Nature Commu
Researchers – led by Great Ormond Street BRC-supported Professor Tessa Crompton in collaboration with the Paediatric Department at Oxford University – have identified the role of a key protein in normal development of the thymus, an important organ of the
The 50th patient was treated at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children last month with a pioneering treatment to transplant otherwise-discarded thymus tissue into very young children who lack a working thymus.
Worldwide 7.9 million children a year are born with serious birth defects and many more develop progressive tissue damage in childhood that does not heal.
This theme builds on expertise in stem cell research and regenerative medicine.
Professors Graham Davies and Adrian Thrasher have been awarded funding from Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) Charity to further develop a cutting-edge new treatment for children with the rare immunodeficiency condition complete DiGeorge syndrome (cDGS)
Professor Thomas Voit is Director of the NIHR Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) BRC, Professor and Honorary Consultant of Paediatrics at GOSH, and Vice-Dean for Enterprise at UCL’s Faculty of Population Health Sciences.
The North Thames Consortium (NTC) is a collaboration between the NHS Trusts across North Central London, North West London and North East London in an attempt to build a diverse faculty and patient database and combine efforts in the provision of MRCPCH e
The NHS North Thames Genomic Laboratory Hub (NTGLH) is one of seven genomic laboratory hubs in England responsible for providing genomic and genetic testing, including the start of whole genome sequencing, as part of the Genomic Medicine Service in the NH
Consultant in Clinical Genetics and Genomic Medicine
Dr Wakeling has been a consultant in clinical genetics at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) since 2019. Prior to this she was a consultant at North West Thames Regional Genetics …
The Immunology team at Great Ormond Street Hospital includes consultants, specialist nurses, junior doctors, psychologists, ward nurses and play specialists.
Paediatrician – Chair: Dr Andrew Lloyd Evans (Northwick Park Hospital) Paediatrician – Deputy Chair: Dr Christina Petropolous (University College London Hospital)
This leaflet is designed to help answer the questions families may have about the immune condition called combined immunodeficiency (CID). It has been produced jointly by PID UK and the paediatric immunodeficiency centres at Great Ormond Street Hospital (
