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Biomedical Research Centre news

Predicting bacteria's resistance to antibiotics

16 Dec 2021, 1 p.m.

Researchers at GOSH and UCL are the first to identify 'pre-resistance' signs in bacteria, indicators that particular bacteria are likely to become resistant to antibiotics in the future. This will allow doctors in the future to select the best treatments

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Lab-grown stomachs help to shed light on COVID-19 symptoms in children

3 Dec 2021, 12:40 p.m.

For the first time, an international team of scientists and doctors have used these advances to develop a lab-grown model of the human stomach. This can be used to study how infections in humans impact the gastrointestinal system.

Placenta protection from COVID-19 for unborn babies

23 Nov 2021, 4:20 p.m.

Unborn babies are mostly protected from COVID-19 by the placenta, but may become infected if their gut is exposed to the SARS-CoV-2 virus, reveals a new study from GOSH and UCL GOS ICH.

Rare disease genome sequencing uncovers new diagnoses for patients

15 Nov 2021, 2:08 p.m.

A world-first scientific study with major involvement from GOSH, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, has shown that whole genome sequencing (WGS) can uncover new diagnoses for people across the broadest range of rare diseases.

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Building our understanding of how children with rheumatic disease react to coronavirus infection

27 Oct 2021, 4 p.m.

A new study has shown that, despite having immune dysfunction and often being on immunosuppressive treatments, children with autoimmune rheumatic diseases have a favourable immune response to common coronavirus infections.