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Unidentified person cutting out letters for an arts project, May 2017

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).

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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).

Mark Peters

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.

Somers CRF - interactive wall

Drug for rare form of rickets now available on the NHS

11 Jan 2019, 10:19 a.m.

A new, targeted treatment for the rare form of rickets called X-Linked Hypophosphataemia (XLH) is now available to NHS patients from 8 January 2019, following an international clinical trial.

Paul Brogan and Despina Eleftheriou

European clinical trial for Kawasaki disease to be led by GOSH and ICH researchers

27 Jun 2019, 1:42 p.m.

Researchers at the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (ICH) and Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) are to lead a new clinical trial for Kawasaki syndrome (KD-CAAP), a rare immune system condition that causes swelling of the blood vessels o

Lyn Chitty ultrasound scan

Genetic testing helps diagnose developmental disorders before birth

1 Feb 2019, 11:05 a.m.

Genetic sequencing improved the diagnosis of abnormalities detected in ultrasound scans of developing babies, in new research from Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), the Wellcome Sanger Institute and Birmingham Women’s Hospital.

Alex Stewart and Emma Shkurka

GOSH Allied Health Professionals awarded PhD studentships from the NIHR

13 Feb 2019, 3:39 p.m.

Two allied health professionals (AHPs) at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) have been awarded prestigious Clinical Doctoral Fellowships from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).

Elaine Cloutman Green Healthcare scientist

GOSH and ICH to tackle antibiotic resistance in children

27 Jun 2019, 1:43 p.m.

A new initiative set to tackle the global threat of antibiotic resistance (also known as antimicrobial resistance or AMR) has been awarded £3.3 million in government funding.

Jasper de Boer

GOSH Charity and Sparks funding for child health research at ICH

28 Feb 2019, 2:11 p.m.

Four UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health researchers have been awarded research grants from Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity and Sparks, the children’s medical research charity as part of their annual National Call.

Head shot of Kate Oulton. She has a short brown bob with a bulky fringe. She wears a dark blue jumper with and orange block around the neckline and shoulders

GOSH nurse to be part of prestigious new research leadership programme

8 Feb 2019, 4:22 p.m.

GOSH nurse Dr Kate Oulton is to become part of a brand new nurse and midwife research leadership programme - the National Institute for Health Research’s (NIHR) 70@70 Research Leader programme.

Exploration Art Spacesuit

To infinity and beyond!

23 Nov 2018, 11:32 a.m.

Last week, GOSH patients were joined by former NASA Astronaut Nicole Scott and Tim Peake (by Skype) for an exciting art project that is travelling the world!

Leukaemia cell therapy research receives new funding

25 Mar 2019, 9:39 a.m.

A cutting-edge research project applying the next generation of genome editing to treat aggressive childhood leukaemia has received over £1.4 million of funding from UK Research and Innovation.

A look into the future of children’s research

17 Aug 2018, 4:36 p.m.

A new film series, led by Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), shines a spotlight on the bright future of children’s research, and highlights how pioneering clinical trials across the UK are helping develop new treatments for children with health conditio

Research Activity Trail at GOSH

Marking International Clinical Trials Day at GOSH

28 May 2018, 9:59 p.m.

Earlier this month patients and families at GOSH (Great Ormond Street Hospital) were given the chance to get hands-on with science at our Research Activity Trial and with special lessons in the hospital school.

Professor Faith Gibson

More mental health research needed for young people with cancer

20 Aug 2019, 10:26 a.m.

A survey of young people, their friends, family and healthcare professionals has identified the most urgent research priorities for young people with cancer.

Neural tube imaging - Gabriel Galea

New award for vital research into the causes of birth defects

20 Jul 2018, 3:06 p.m.

Dr Gabriel Galea has been awarded a Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Career Development Fellowship to continue important research into the molecules, genes and physical forces that control the formation of the neural tube in the developing embryo.

New funding to support pioneering thymus transplant research at GOSH

11 Jul 2018, 2:19 p.m.

Professors Graham Davies and Adrian Thrasher have been awarded funding from Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) Charity to further develop a cutting-edge new treatment for children with the rare immunodeficiency condition complete DiGeorge syndrome (cDGS)

Somers CRF toys in play area

Novel therapy reduces disease progression in rare neurodegenerative condition

21 Jun 2018, 11:55 a.m.

A pioneering new treatment trialled at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) reduces disease progression by 80 per cent for patients with the rare neurological disorder CLN2.

Cardiac research team

Predicting sudden cardiac death risk in children

14 Aug 2019, 12:59 p.m.

GOSH researchers have developed the first ever tool to identify children at risk of sudden death from a rare heart condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM).

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