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Features, news, stories and interviews from Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity.

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“It’s special" - GOSH Chaplain Michele on Hanukkah at the hospital

15 Dec 2022, 6:25 p.m.

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…

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GOSH researchers develop breakthrough treatment for previously incurable leukaemia

12 Dec 2022, 10:46 a.m.

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…

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Santa, please stop here! Meet the staff bringing Christmas to GOSH

30 Nov 2022, 3:16 p.m.

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…

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Zayed Centre for Research into Rare Disease in Children celebrates three years of progress and breakthroughs

9 Nov 2022, 10:11 a.m.

GOSH's Zayed Centre for Research into Rare Disease in Children celebrates its third anniversary this month. The milestone marks another year of breakthrough research, with hundreds of clinicians and researchers collaborating to help seriously i…

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The one step closer to home gift edit

1 Nov 2022, 9 a.m.

Buy gifts from the GOSH Shop this Christmas and support seriously ill children across the UK.

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