Biomedical Research Centre news

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

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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