Latest press releases

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Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne visits Great Ormond Street Hospital and meets young patients

15 Dec 2015, 12:45 p.m.

This morning, the Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne visited Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) to announce a new £800 million boost to biomedical research through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). He was joined by the Secretary

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Clues to the underlying cause of intellectual disability in Down syndrome discovered

8 Dec 2015, 5:26 p.m.

Changes in the normal pattern of many genes involved in brain function could be the cause of intellectual disability in individuals with Down syndrome (DS.)

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Industrial action by junior doctors suspended

30 Nov 2015, 5:46 p.m.

Following productive talks at Acas between the British Medical Association (BMA), NHS Employers and the Department of Health (DH), the proposed strike action on 1, 8 and 16 December has been temporarily suspended.

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What my colleagues do at Great Ormond Street Hospital is remarkable

26 Nov 2015, 11:27 a.m.

With the Give to GOSH appeal now in full swing, Dr. Peter Steer, CEO of Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), provides a reminder of why we need support…

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World first use of gene-edited immune cells to treat ‘incurable’ leukaemia

5 Nov 2015, 4:29 p.m.

A new treatment that uses ‘molecular scissors’ to edit genes and create designer immune cells programmed to hunt out and kill drug resistant leukaemia has been used at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH).

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