Promising early results in CAR T-cell trial for common childhood cancer
30 Nov 2020, 6 p.m.
Results from a phase I clinical trial Involving the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (ICH) show that CAR T-cell therapy could achieve activity against neuroblastoma tumours, opening the door to progress this approach towards further clini
Inflammatory syndrome in children is not caused by a special strain of coronavirus
16 Nov 2020, 1:38 p.m.
The world’s first genetic study of coronavirus from children with inflammatory syndrome PIMS-TS, led by researchers at the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (ICH), suggests characteristics of the human host, rather than of the virus itself
Antibodies from the common cold could help protect against COVID-19
13 Nov 2020, 4:10 p.m.
Common cold antibodies, created by the immune system and found much more commonly in children aged between 6-16, could provide some protection against COVID-19.
Hope of better treatments for rare childhood cancer as disease origin is uncovered
5 Nov 2020, 9:16 a.m.
GOSH researchers are part of a team of scientists who have identified how a rare form of childhood cancer may originate, according to a new study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine.
GOSH set to take part in world first human challenge study to find a COVID-19 vaccine
27 Oct 2020, 11:02 a.m.
National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Great Ormond Street Hospital Biomedical Research Centre is set to play a crucial role in a new study exploring the possibility of running the first human challenge study to find a vaccine for COVID-19.