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In a world first, researchers at UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health have grown ‘mini-eyes' to better understand the development of blindness in a rare genetic disease called Usher syndrome.

While she was developing inside the womb, Tulsi developed spina bifida – a defect that stopped her spinal cord from forming properly. She was left with a hole in her spine and a sack of spinal fluid exposed on her back. Mum Laxmi shares her story.

For the children whose treatment needs to continue over the festive season, the staff at GOSH do their best to make it as magical as possible. This includes Caleb, who spent his second ever Christmas in surgery, before having a heart transplant on N…

In a world first, researchers at GOSH and the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (UCL GOS ICH) have used genetically modified cells – created using a new technique called base editing – to treat a patient with previously incurable leu…

GOSH's Zayed Centre for Research into Rare Disease in Children celebrates its third anniversary this month. The milestone marks another year of breakthrough research, with hundreds of clinicians and researchers collaborating to help seriously i…