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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…

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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…

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“Because of research, he's a happy, healthy toddler”

29 Feb 2024, 2:53 p.m.

When Arlo was four months old, he was diagnosed with severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID). SCID is a rare, inherited disorder that causes major abnormalities of the immune system, leading to greatly increased risks of infection and other life-thr…

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Diagnosing brain tumours associated with epilepsy in children

17 Jan 2024, 10:15 a.m.

In 2023, a group of researchers led by Professor Thomas Jacques, Professor of Paediatric Neuropathology at UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (UCL GOS ICH), made significant advances towards accurately diagnosing glioneuronal tumours …

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GOSH study into cancer care begins

5 Dec 2023, 1:39 p.m.

A new study into how autistic children and/or those with a learning disability experience and respond to cancer care and treatment started in October.

This new research will take place thanks to more than £188k from GOSH Charity’s National Call – the…

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