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Genetic study of over 1,000 people sheds new light on immune-system disorders

6 May 2020, 4:30 p.m.

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

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Singing Nurse Beth Porch will perform exclusively for GOSH Charity gala

5 May 2020, 4:29 p.m.

Great Ormond Street Hospital’s (GOSH) super talented nurse and Britain’s Got Talent contestant, Beth Porch will once again be picking up her guitar for our charity’s first-ever virtual fundraising gala event, ‘At Home With GOSH’.

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Young people ask their COVID-19 questions to our CEO Mat Shaw

1 May 2020, 4:56 p.m.

Grace, who’s the chair of the GOSH Young People's Forum, has a virtual sit down with our CEO Mat Shaw to get his answers on some of the pressing questions that GOSH patients and siblings would like answered around coronavirus (COVID-19)

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GOSH statement on cases of children with symptoms including fever and abdominal pain

28 Apr 2020, 9:45 a.m.

A Great Ormond Street Hospital spokesperson said: “Across the UK, a small number of very sick children have sought medical advice from the NHS with a particular set of symptoms, including a fever and abdominal pain. We are working with colleagues across t

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Five COVID-19 questions we’re trying to answer

27 Apr 2020, 10:03 a.m.

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

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