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Biomedical Research Centre news

Image of rod cells in the retina of the 'mini eyes'

'Mini eyes’ help researchers understand blindness in rare condition

18 Nov 2022, 11:48 a.m.

Researchers at UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (UCL GOS ICH) have grown ‘mini eyes’ in the lab which will help researchers understand how blindness develops in the rare genetic condition Usher syndrome.

An artwork displayed above the main lab in the ZCR reads Together we can do so much

Celebrating three years of progress and breakthroughs at the ZCR

11 Nov 2022, 4:06 p.m.

We're celebrating three years of the Zayed Centre for Research. That's another year of breakthrough research, with hundreds of clinicians and researchers collaborating to help seriously ill children from across the globe.

A selection of images from the 2021 competition

A Moment of Discovery 2022

9 Nov 2022, 3 p.m.

The Research and Innovation Communications team at GOSH/the NIHR GOSH BRC invite you to enter our Research and Innovation Showcase: A Moment of Discovery.

A woman in a headscarf gestures towards some micro-gardens with a group of children looking on

Engaging with our neighbours on data, research and the environment

9 Nov 2022, 10:29 a.m.

One way to engage children in data, research and our environment is through the creation of micro-gardens. The GOSH scientists involved with the festival picked this activity to teach young people about the importance of natural spaces in urban areas...

A scientist holds a sample with gloved hands

Children at GOSH first to receive CRISPR-edited universal T-cells

27 Oct 2022, 9 a.m.

Researchers at GOSH and UCL GOS ICH are the first to use CRISPR/Cas9 technology to engineer donor T-cells to try to treat seriously ill children with resistant leukaemia