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Marking Rare Disease Day at GOSH: DNA keyrings and family trees

4 Mar 2020, 1:28 p.m.

For this year's Rare Disease Day on 29th February, we invited children and young people at GOSH to make their own DNA keyring, map out their family tree, learn more about the genetics of rare diseases and even get a 'rare' new look.

Young Voices in Research

27 Feb 2020, 11:27 a.m.

Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) and The Institute of Child Health (ICH) were delighted to hold the first ‘Young Voices in Research’ event on Thursday 20 February, inviting members of the GOSH Young People’s Forum (YPF) and current GOSH patients to sha

Some antibiotics prescribed during pregnancy linked with birth defects

24 Feb 2020, 12:01 p.m.

Children of mothers prescribed macrolide antibiotics during the first trimester of pregnancy are at an increased risk of major birth defects when compared with penicillin, and the drugs should be used ‘with caution’ according to a new study involving rese

First children have gene therapy treatment for blindness at GOSH

18 Feb 2020, 5:33 p.m.

The first paediatric patients have received a pioneering new gene therapy that can restore eyesight at Great Ormond Street Hospital.

Women in science: GOSH research leaders

10 Feb 2020, 5:03 p.m.

To celebrate International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we'd like to introduce some of the fantastic research leaders at GOSH and its academic and charity partners. They all lead broad programmes to support, fund and enable child health research at