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GOSH BRC team define a new autoinflammatory disease caused by a mutation in WDR1

30 Mar 2017, 11:24 a.m.

Research carried out by BRC-funded Professor Paul Brogan and his team has defined a new autoinflammatory disease (AID) in humans with periodic fevers, immunodeficiency and intermittent thrombocytopenia.

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GOSH BRC researchers have identified a genetic cause for a rare form of epilepsy

30 Mar 2017, 11:21 a.m.

GOSH BRC-supported researchers Dr Philippa Mills and Professor Peter Clayton, have identified a fault in the gene proline synthetase co-transcribed homolog (bacterial) (PROSC) in children with a rare strain of vitamin-B6 dependent epilepsy who are un-resp

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Identification of a new genetic cause of complex early-onset dystonia

30 Mar 2017, 11:20 a.m.

BRC-supported researcher, Dr Manju Kurian has collaborated with researchers at the University of Cambridge and the NIHR Rare Disease Bioresource, to identify a new genetic cause of complex early-onset dystonia.

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World first use of gene-edited immune cells to treat leukaemia: One year on

30 Mar 2017, 11:17 a.m.

Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) reported a breakthrough application of gene-editing late in 2015 after a team led by NIHR-funded Professor Waseem Qasim and Professor Paul Veys treated an infant with an otherwise incurable form of leukemia.

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Study calls for further research to improve post mortem techniques for stillbirths

14 Dec 2016, 10:11 a.m.

Research led by Diagnostics and Imaging Theme lead, Professor Neil Sebire aimed to investigate which aspects of post-mortem examinations in stillbirths are most effective at providing a cause of death.

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