Biomedical Research Centre news

A look into the future of children’s research

17 Aug 2018, 4:36 p.m.

A new film series, led by Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), shines a spotlight on the bright future of children’s research, and highlights how pioneering clinical trials across the UK are helping develop new treatments for children with health conditio

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First drug to reduce fever flares in children with recurrent fever conditions

17 Aug 2018, 12:02 p.m.

Injections of the drug canakinumab significantly reduced the number of fever episodes in children with three different types of recurrent fever conditions, in an international trial led at GOSH by Professor Paul Brogan.

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Jude Starbeam: communicating research through theatre

31 Jul 2018, 12:30 p.m.

GOSH researchers who specialise in childhood brain injury helped shape a new play that tells the story of a little boy astronaut, Jude Starbeam, who gets lost in space.

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Rapid DNA sequencing is saving the lives of critically ill children

27 Jul 2018, 9:29 a.m.

A new rapid sequencing technique has helped doctors at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) to quickly diagnose children in intensive care, enabling them to receive the best treatment and reducing the time they have to spend hospital.

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BRC researchers part of collaboration to improve efficiency of gene therapy products

26 Jul 2018, 3:56 p.m.

A new collaboration aiming to develop advanced technologies for manufacturing ex vivo gene therapy products has been established between researchers at UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (ICH) and Plasticell, a developer of stem cell techno

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