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Biomedical Research Centre news

GOSH and UCL researchers receive funding to improve outcomes for children and young people with cancer

18 Mar 2021, 10 a.m.

Researchers at University College London and Great Ormond Street Hospital receive £1.7m of grants in new Cancer Research UK-Children with Cancer UK Innovation Awards.

MRI scans more precisely define and detect some abnormalities in unborn babies

17 Mar 2021, 10:57 a.m.

MRI scanning can more precisely define and detect head, neck, thoracic, abdominal and spinal malformations in unborn babies, finds a large multidisciplinary study led by Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Great Ormond Street Hospital and UCL.

Cellular benefits of gene therapy seen decades after treatment

16 Mar 2021, 4:54 p.m.

An international collaboration has shown the beneficial effects of gene therapy can be seen decades after the transplanted blood stem cells have been cleared by the body.

Rare Disease-Day 2021

28 Feb 2021, 7 a.m.

Rare Disease Day is an international day celebrated in over 100 countries to raise awareness amongst the general public, the clinical community, and decision-makers about rare diseases and their impact on people affected and their families.

300 million people globally will suffer from a rare disease at some point in their lives

Global collaborative announced to develop new treatments for paediatric diseases

25 Feb 2021, 7 a.m.

Ahead of Rare Disease Day 2021, GOSH will join forces with three other leading children’s research institutions on three continents to decipher paediatric illnesses, including rare diseases, and find better treatments.