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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…

Baby Emmie at GOSH during Christmas, with her brother and mum.

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…

Patient Henry and his mum Shevonne in front of a Chistmas tree

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

“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.

Hugo sitting in toy car in oncology ward. Smiling and looking to camera.

Stealth image guidance systems help reduce risk during brain surgery

6 Sep 2023, 9:04 a.m.

A generous donation from the Kusuma Trust will go towards funding two new Image Guidance Systems to help children like Sam.

Sam is sitting in a wicker chair at a restaurant. He is smiling and looking at the camera.