Biomedical Research Centre news

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New director of UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health

30 Jun 2022, 5 p.m.

The UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (UCL GOS ICH) has announced that Professor Helen Cross, an Honorary Consultant in Paediatric Neurology at GOSH, will take up the post of Director of the institute from 1 September 2022.

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Can we use artificial intelligence (AI) to better diagnose fractures?

10 Jun 2022, 3 p.m.

Dr Susan Shelmerdine, Consultant Paediatric Radiologist at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) discusses her research into using artificial intelligence (AI) to identify fractures in children.

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What do young people want from Artificial Intelligence in healthcare?

18 May 2022, 4 p.m.

Artificial intelligence in healthcare is a rapidly growing field. Children and teenagers often have insightful questions about AI, but are rarely involved in the development of new technologies. See how we're changing this...

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New funding for autoimmune condition at GOSH

18 May 2022, 11:04 a.m.

Researchers at GOSH and University College London Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (UCL GOS ICH) are one of ten national teams to receive funding from a coalition of immune-related medical research charities.

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How new gene therapy can aid children with severe immune disorder

4 Apr 2022, 10 a.m.

GOSH researchers, working with international collaborators, have shown that a new gene therapy has long term benefits for children with the severe immune disorder, Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome.

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