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Jasper, now seven, had a large bleed on his brain just hours after he was born in June 2015.

He had emergency surgery at GOSH the following day, and went on to have multiple more operations while staying on the hospital’s Koala Ward.

As a result of th…

Winter running can be a challenge: cold mornings, dark nights and a lack of motivation can all impact on your training.

Here, fitness and biomechanics expert, Phil Roberton, offers his top tips on how to get over the hurdles and embrace jogging in wi…

In a world first, researchers at UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health have grown ‘mini-eyes' to better understand the development of blindness in a rare genetic disease called Usher syndrome.

In 2018, when he was 18 months old, Jacob arrived at GOSH with a rare immune disorder called hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH). He had chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant.

Despite the transplant going well, due to complications, he neede…

Rafe, 18, was diagnosed with a malignant high grade brain tumour when he was just four years old. Within five hours of his first MRI scan the family were referred to GOSH. Rafe shares his journey so far.