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

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The magic of Christmas at GOSH: Meet Emmie

25 Oct 2023, 6:17 p.m.

Emmie spent her first ever Christmas in hospital after being diagnosed with a malignant rhabdoid tumour, a rare and aggressive type of cancer that forms in the kidneys.

Thanks to the treatment she received at GOSH, she can now enjoy the festive seaso…

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Christmas Appeal: Henry’s Story

16 Oct 2023, 2:41 p.m.

Five-year-old Henry from Yorkshire was transferred to GOSH for life-saving surgery when he was just five weeks old. Since then, he and his family have spent two Christmases at the hospital. Here, Henry’s mum Shevonne talks about his time at GOSH and…

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Steps forward in gene therapy for hearing loss associated with Norrie Disease

3 Oct 2023, 12:02 p.m.

An international team led by researchers at GOSH, UCL and the National Institute for Health and Care Research Great Ormond Street Hospital Biomedical Research Centre (NIHR GOSH BRC) have been working hard to develop a novel gene therapy in mice to r…

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RBC Race for the Kids: everything you need to know

21 Sep 2023, 5:09 p.m.

It’s almost here! GOSH Charity’s annual 5k fun run, RBC Race for the Kids, is back in London’s Hyde Park on 7 October. Here’s everything you need to know to make it a family day out to remember.

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“He gets his car and rides around all three wards”– meet Hugo

11 Sep 2023, 5:28 p.m.

This Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, we meet three-year-old Hugo.

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