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Professor Ajay Vora awarded MBE in King’s New Year’s Honours

31 Dec 2024, 11:55 a.m.

Professor Ajay Vora has been awarded an MBE in the New Year’s Honours List

Millions in new funding for revolutionary paediatric intensive care trial

16 Jan 2025, 9:32 a.m.

Researchers at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) have received more than £6m in funding from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).

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Significant rise in mental health admissions for young people over last decade

23 Jan 2025, 1:48 p.m.

The first study of its kind has found a 65% increase in the number of children and young people admitted to general acute medical wards in hospitals in England, because of a mental health concern between 2012 and 2022.

Join us in the countdown to Rare Disease Day 2025

1 Feb 2025, 9 a.m.

Rare Disease Day takes place annually on the last day of February and is a global opportunity to increase awareness and advocate for those living with rare conditions.

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GOSH dietitians celebrate research success

13 Feb 2025, 11:39 a.m.

The dietetics team have had a busy year carrying out research alongside their clinical practice.

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Predicting how childhood kidney cancers develop

18 Feb 2025, 2:14 p.m.

New research has analysed how the childhood kidney cancer, Wilms tumour, evolves in children who are more at risk from developing the cancer.

GOSH Professor appointed to co-chair national children and young people cancer task force

14 Feb 2025, 9 a.m.

We are delighted to congratulate Prof. Darren Hargrave and Dame Caroline Dinenage on their appointments as co-chairs of the Children and Young People Cancer Task force.

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The important role of data science in accelerating advancements in care for rare diseases

20 Feb 2025, 4 p.m.

For many of young patients, especially those with rare or complex conditions, getting the right diagnosis and treatment can be a challenging journey. That’s where data science can make a real difference.

Revolutionary eye gene therapy gives children life-changing improvements

21 Feb 2025, 10:31 a.m.

Four children have gained life-changing improvements in their sight following pioneering eye gene therapy at Great Ormond Street Hospital for a rare genetic blindness.

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Rare Disease Day: Jessica's story

26 Feb 2025, 5:14 p.m.

As part of this year’s countdown to Rare Disease Day, we’re sharing Jessica’s story.

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Genomics will revolutionise treatment for childhood rare diseases

27 Feb 2025, 10 a.m.

A global study has proven the power of a simple genomics blood test to improve treatment and care for childhood epilepsy.

First-of-its-kind study will assess psychological impact of sudden cardiac death on children

3 Mar 2025, 9:36 a.m.

Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) and University College London (UCL) will lead a pioneering study with the hope of revealing more about how best to help children who have experienced an unexpected and often traumatic loss in the family.

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Reflecting on rare disease day 2025

7 Mar 2025, 12:23 p.m.

Rare Disease Day is an international event which takes place annually on the last day of February. The date is chosen because in leap years it is February 29, the rarest date!

Professor Darren Hargrave appointed NIHR Senior Investigator

19 Mar 2025, 2:44 p.m.

We’re delighted to announce that Professor Darren Hargrave has been named as a NIHR Senior Investigator in this year’s prestigious awards list.

First patient treated with groundbreaking gene therapy trial

21 Mar 2025, 9:51 a.m.

A baby boy born with a rare condition has become the first in the world to be treated with a new, potentially lifechanging, investigational gene therapy on a clinical trial at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH).

New research analyses key immune cell

28 Mar 2025, 11:16 a.m.

A new study led by researchers at University College London Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health has found that women have a higher proportion of key immune cells between puberty and menopause.

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Good Hope Works at GOSH

17 May 2017, 12:53 p.m.

Good Hope Works is an exciting creative research project facilitated by GOSH Arts and undertaken by artist Joanna Brinton. The project has engaged staff from across Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) and will culminate in the installation of a permanent

48% increase in clinical research participants at GOSH

20 Jul 2018, 11:34 a.m.

The number of people taking part in research trials at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) has increased by 48 per cent, according to figures released this week by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).

Cannabidiol reduces seizures for children with complex epilepsies

14 Jun 2018, 8:49 p.m.

Cannabidiol, a drug derived from cannabis but with the psychoactive ingredients removed, has been shown to reduce seizures by around 40 % in children with a rare form of drug resistant epilepsy known as Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS).

Critical research in intensive care

5 Aug 2019, 9:36 a.m.

A UK-wide clinical trial looking at what is the best level of oxygen to aim for children who are on ventilation in intensive care is set to launch later this year.