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Why we support GOSH Charity: Microsoft UK

24 May 2024, 9:41 a.m.

Since partnering with GOSH Charity in June 2023, the Microsoft UK Solutions team has raised almost £100,000 for the children, families and staff at GOSH. General Manager Tosca Colangeli shares what the partnership means to her team.

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‘It's not just about treatment, it's everything else too’: Meet Umar

15 May 2024, 12:44 p.m.

The new Children’s Cancer Centre at GOSH at will help children like Umar, who was diagnosed with high-risk neuroblastoma, a rare childhood cancer, at just three years old.

Now eight, Umar is stable and visits the hospital every three months for scans…

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'It is so amazing what research can do': Meet Alyssa

13 May 2024, 4:01 p.m.

The new Children’s Cancer Centre at GOSH will help children like Alyssa.

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GOSH Charity supported research gives new understanding of childhood brain disorder

8 May 2024, 12:07 p.m.

A Cambridge based research team funded through GOSH Charity’s National Call has published findings which shed light on the cause behind Beta-propeller protein-associated neurodegeneration (BPAN), a rare brain disorder found in children.

This discover…

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Plan announced to get more children gene therapy treatments

24 Apr 2024, 4:41 p.m.

Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), supported by LifeArc and us here at Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity (GOSH Charity), has announced its plans to revolutionise how children living with a rare disease can gain access to life-changin…

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