Latest press releases

The latest Great Ormond Street Hospital press releases are collected here. For our general news and feature pieces, please access our news area.

GOSH leads Europe-wide epilepsy network that could speed up diagnosis for patients

28 Feb 2017, 9:17 a.m.

Diagnosing different types of epilepsy and deciding on the best course of treatment could become a much faster process thanks to a newly formed European network, coordinated by Great Ormond Street Hospital.

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Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust announces preferred suppliers for electronic patient record system and research and innovation platform

14 Feb 2017, 10:34 a.m.

Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (GOSH) confirms Epic Systems Corporation as preferred supplier for its electronic patient record (EPR) system and Aridhia Informatics Limited as preferred supplier for the research and innovation platform.

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Gene-editing research update

25 Jan 2017, 3:37 p.m.

On Wednesday 25 January, details of two patients successfully treated for their leukaemia at Great Ormond Street Hospital using gene-editing technology were published in the journal, Science Translational Medicine.

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Cells from pregnant women could prevent fractures by nearly 80% for millions with fragile bones

19 Dec 2016, 6:22 p.m.

Injecting cells from pregnant women could have a life-changing effect on the millions who are living with osteoporosis and brittle bone disease according to researchers at the UCL GOS Institute of Child Health, the research partner of Great Ormond Street

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Remarkable recovery in patients diagnosed with newly defined movement disorder

19 Dec 2016, 5:45 p.m.

Researchers from the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health have discovered a new gene change that identifies a type of the movement disorder, muscle dystonia. This new discovery will allow doctors to more easily identify patients who can benef

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