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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…

Little boy standing in a room at GOSH, smiling slightly and looking away from the camera

'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.

Teenage girl sitting in her wheelchair in front of GOSH entrance smiling

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…

inside of a cell where the WIPI4 protein has been depleted

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…

Little girl wearing sunglasses and crouching down to stroke dolphin in the water

‘She’s doing fantastically’: Meet 12-year-old Grace

24 Apr 2024, 12:21 p.m.

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

Living with cancer is different for every child. It can mean countless rounds of debilitating treatment. Dealing with side effects like mouth ulcers and losing your hair. Not knowing…