Our brand new medical facility, the Zayed Centre for Research into Rare Disease in Children, brings together pioneering research and clinical care under one roof to drive forward new treatments and cures for seriously ill children, both across the UK and internationally. One of the first patients to be treated at the Centre is Kai, aged 10.
Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) and UCL today celebrated the opening of The Zayed Centre for Research into Rare Disease in Children, by welcoming the first patients through its doors for treatment.
Great Ormond Street Hospital and UCL were delighted to welcome His Highness Sheikh Theyab bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan visiting from Abu Dhabi to celebrate the completion of the world’s first centre dedicated to discovering new ways to treat and cure children with rare diseases.
Representatives from Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) and UCL were invited to speak at the Mohamed Bin Zayed Majlis on 22nd May, to talk about the changing landscape of paediatric medicine and their pioneering research that will help children with rare and complex diseases. Their attendance comes ahead of the opening of The Zayed Centre for Research into Rare Disease in Children.
Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity is inviting project grant applications, from across the UK, which support translational research into rare diseases and which will impact patients at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) and elsewhere.
Children with moderate to severe cystic fibrosis (CF) enrolled on a programme offering physiotherapy, dietary support and personal training sessions at their local gym, were found to spend less time in hospital receiving antibiotics, as well as boosting their exercise capacity.
The genetic cause of a rare condition which causes large moles to grow on the skin and brain before birth and which increases the risk of melanoma, has finally been identified in a study led by the UCL Institute of Child Health (ICH) and Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH).
Researchers at the UCL Institute of Child Health (ICH) are investigating a new treatment that could work alongside folic acid to boost its effectiveness and prevent a greater proportion of neural tube defects in early pregnancy.
The possibility of using animal parts to overcome human organ shortages moves one step closer following the successful transplant of rabbit skeletal muscle tissue into rats, by a team led by the UCL Institute of Child Health.
