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While she was developing inside the womb, Tulsi developed spina bifida – a defect that stopped her spinal cord from forming properly. She was left with a hole in her spine and a sack of spinal fluid exposed on her back. Mum Laxmi shares her story.

For the children whose treatment needs to continue over the festive season, the staff at GOSH do their best to make it as magical as possible. This includes Caleb, who spent his second ever Christmas in surgery, before having a heart transplant on N…

This year, the Jewish festival Hanukkah (or Chanukah in Hebrew) will take place between the 18 – 26 December.

Known as the Festival of Lights, Hanukkah is a significant event in the Jewish Calendar and is celebrated in various ways. Lighting a menora…

In a world first, researchers at GOSH and the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (UCL GOS ICH) have used genetically modified cells – created using a new technique called base editing – to treat a patient with previously incurable leu…

Every child should have the chance to be at home with their family for Christmas Day. That’s why teams at GOSH work around the clock to ensure seriously ill children have the best chance of getting there.

But for some children, treatment needs to con…