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Research supported by GOSH Charity provides new understanding of rare 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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New plan announced to get more children access to 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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‘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…

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Kidney swap for GOSH patient who’s spent over 3,600 hours on dialysis

23 Apr 2024, 12:22 p.m.

A five-year-old patient, who has spent almost 10% of her childhood on dialysis, has successfully had a transplant thanks to a kidney-swap scheme.

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Octavia's marathon in memory of sister Bella

18 Apr 2024, 1:57 p.m.

Octavia is running this year’s London Marathon in memory of her little sister, Arabella (Bella), who passed away from leukaemia aged eight.

Aged 10, Octavia was her sister’s bone marrow donor for a transplant at GOSH, after tests revealed she was the…

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