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First UK trial of Deep Brain Stimulation for children with epilepsy begins at GOSH

24 Jun 2024, 9 a.m.

Discover how Oran became the first UK patient in a clinical trial using deep brain stimulation (DBS) for epilepsy. Learn about his 80% reduction in daytime seizures thanks to this innovative DBS treatment.

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Young people want AI involved in their care, new GOSH study shows

10 Jul 2024, 2:21 p.m.

For the first time, a study has asked children and young people across all four UK nations for their views on how they would like AI to be used to enhance their healthcare

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World-first genomic testing scheme ensures every child gets the best cancer treatment for them

2 Jul 2024, 10 a.m.

Children with cancer are being offered treatment plans tailored to their specific cancer thanks to a single genomic test that reads more than three billion letters of DNA to identify cancer-causing mutations.

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Astronaut Tim Peake ‘launches’ our new NIHR Clinical Research Facility

15 Jul 2024, 3 p.m.

We were thrilled to have astronaut Tim Peake join us at the official launch of the new National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) GOSH Clinical Research Facility where he met with patients, families, staff and children from the GOSH nursery.

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Experts across the UK come together to share cutting edge findings in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

18 Jul 2024, 1:20 p.m.

The CLUSTER Consortium celebrates over six years of research addressing the needs of children and young people with arthritis.

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GOSH becomes go-to digital pathology centre for children

25 Jul 2024, 4:35 p.m.

GOSH has gone-live with the National Pathology Imaging Co-operative (NPIC) digital pathology system. The national system is transforming traditional methods, which could lead to quicker turnaround for more accurate and efficient diagnoses and accele…

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Potential new target found for childhood kidney disease

19 Sep 2024, 12:17 p.m.

An international research team including researchers from GOSH have identified a new feature of a rare kidney disease in children that could help develop improved treatments.

GOSH’s ORCHID research centre celebrates success from the past year

27 Sep 2024, 5:05 p.m.

GOSH ORCHID is celebrating plenty of success over the past year with the release of its 2023 annual report.

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Fourth Annual NIHR GOSH BRC Image Competition - A Moment of Discovery

11 Nov 2024, 11 a.m.

The Research and Innovation Communications team at GOSH and the NIHR GOSH Biomedical Research team invite you to enter our Research and Innovation Showcase: A Moment of Discovery.

GOSH wins funding for technology to support research to improve children’s health outcomes

11 Oct 2024, 2 p.m.

GOSH has been successful in obtaining funding of £1.46m from the National Institute for Health and Care Research’s (NIHR) Capital Investment Bid.

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New clinical trial at GOSH gives hope to children with aggressive blood cancer

14 Oct 2024, 3 p.m.

Researchers at GOSH and UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (UCL GOS ICH) are collaborating on a novel approach to clinical trials to give hope to children with an aggressive type of blood cancer, T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (T-ALL)

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New hope to prevent blindness in children with rare genetic disease

5 Nov 2024, 5:59 p.m.

A new treatment that could prevent blindness in children with the CLN2 type Batten disease has been trialled by Clinicians at GOSH and University College London Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (UCL GOS ICH).

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Could adapting our sinks help combat superbugs?

16 Jan 2025, 5 p.m.

Discover how a Consultant Microbiologist at GOSH turned an innovative idea into a patented product that could revolutionise infection control in hospitals, schools, and airports – helping to stop superbugs like MRSA.

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GOSH only hospital outside of North America to receive innovation funding award for AI

31 Oct 2024, 11:52 a.m.

GOSH has been awarded the Amazon Web Services IMAGINE Grant: Children’s Health Innovation Award, to support artificial intelligence (AI) development and drive progress for children’s healthcare.

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GOSH pilots AI tool to give clinicians more quality-time with patients

11 Nov 2024, 7 a.m.

Patients and clinicians at GOSH have been taking part in the first NHS trial of a bespoke healthcare AI assistant, TORTUS, to help increase face-to-face time during appointments.

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GOSH celebrates its fifth academic training weekend

2 Dec 2024, 11:06 a.m.

In early November 70 early career researchers came together for the fifth NIHR GOSH BRC Academic Training Weekend.

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New findings from world’s largest study on children with Long-Covid

17 Dec 2024, 4:36 p.m.

A new study led by clinicians and researchers at Great Ormond Street Hospital and University College London Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health has found that 70% of young people in England with Long-Covid recover within two years.

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Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy gene therapy trial highlights complexity of disease

19 Dec 2024, 5:04 p.m.

The first large-scale trial of gene therapy for the debilitating neuromuscular disease, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) has been carried out

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NIHR GOSH Clinical Research Facility celebrates patients and their families with a festive celebration

20 Dec 2024, 1:21 p.m.

On Wednesday 18 December we celebrated the festive period at the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) GOSH Clinical Research Facility (CRF) on the 8th floor of the Southwood building.

Twelve days of Research and Innovation at GOSH

23 Dec 2024, 1:51 p.m.

It’s been a busy year for Research and Innovation at GOSH, with a number of ground breaking research trials, advanced data projects and technology pilots. To round off the year, here are just twelve of the stories (and amazing staff and researchers) that