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“Because of research, he's a happy, healthy toddler”

29 Feb 2024, 2:53 p.m.

When Arlo was four months old, he was diagnosed with severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID). SCID is a rare, inherited disorder that causes major abnormalities of the immune system, leading to greatly increased risks of infection and other life-thr…

Arlo sitting on hospital bed and smiling to camera

Diagnosing brain tumours associated with epilepsy

17 Jan 2024, 10:15 a.m.

In 2023, a group of researchers led by Professor Thomas Jacques, Professor of Paediatric Neuropathology at UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (UCL GOS ICH), made significant advances towards accurately diagnosing glioneuronal tumours …

DNA helix

GOSH study into cancer care begins

5 Dec 2023, 1:39 p.m.

A new study into how autistic children and/or those with a learning disability experience and respond to cancer care and treatment started in October.

This new research will take place thanks to more than £188k from GOSH Charity’s National Call – the…

GOSH patient Gabriel smiling and playing in park.

Clinical trial results give new hope for children with rare gliomas

18 Nov 2023, 8 a.m.

A collaboration of researchers from across the world have published successful results from a Phase II clinical trial for the treatment of BRAF mutated low-grade paediatric gliomas. These are cancerous brain tumours that start in glial cells (the su…

Headshot of Professor Darren Hargrave. He is standing in a hospital corridor and looking to camera.

Steps forward in gene therapy for 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…

Image of part of the uncoiled mouse cochlea after treatment with gene therapy and in pink are the sensory hair cells which preserve hearing in mice with Norrie disease