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 named as key centre in 100,000 Genome Project

22 Dec 2014, midnight

Great Ormond Street Hospital is set to play a lead role coordinating a new North Thames network of hospitals involved in Genomic England’s 100,000 Genome Project.

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Cannabis-based medicine to be tested as child epilepsy therapy

17 Dec 2014, midnight

Children with severe epilepsy could be helped by a new treatment derived from the cannabis plant.

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Epilepsy surgery in childhood can protect memory

13 Nov 2014, 5:19 p.m.

A type of brain surgery conducted in childhood for medication-resistant epilepsy not only reduces chronic seizures but can protect memory development, a study by a team from Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) and its research partner the UCL Institute of

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Genetic discovery could lead to neurodegeneration treatments

6 Nov 2014, 10:27 a.m.

A genetic discovery by a team from the UCL Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital could lead to new therapies to tackle neurological degeneration and resulting loss of motor skills seen in a diverse group of central nervous system diso

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