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.

Study investigates new prenatal screening test for Down’s Syndrome in the NHS

21 Oct 2013, 10:58 a.m.

The possibility of offering an improved prenatal test for Down’s Syndrome will be evaluated in a major new study run by Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children (GOSH).

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Bone marrow transplant patients given immune cells with ‘safety switch’

21 Oct 2013, 9:59 a.m.

Blood stem cell transplants supplemented with white blood cells engineered to carry a ‘safety switch’ have been given to three patients  at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH).

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Teenager treated with B vitamins for rare disorder

8 Oct 2013, 3:49 p.m.

The symptoms of a 15-year-old girl with a rare disorder improved dramatically after just one day of treatment with the B vitamins biotin and thiamine administered by Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH).

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Maisie goes home from hospital for first time in her life

7 Oct 2013, 12:52 p.m.

Brave Maisie Harris has gone home for the first time in her life after spending nearly three years at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH).

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Mutated stem cells trigger pituitary tumours in children

3 Oct 2013, 3:08 p.m.

A type of pituitary tumour known as craniopharyngioma appears to form via a different mechanism to that thought to occur in more common tumours, according to a paper in the journal Cell Stem Cell.

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