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Former GOSH patient in Rankin exhibition celebrating the NHS

31 May 2023, 9:14 a.m.

Paul Spencer was eight years old when he underwent life-saving heart surgery at GOSH. Now 56, Paul has had his portrait taken by world-famous photographer Rankin, which will feature alongside those of NHS staff, patients and volunteers in an exhibit…

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Potential to improve treatment for juvenile dermatomyositis

7 Feb 2023, 11:33 a.m.

New research, supported by GOSH Charity, has looked at how the DNA of those with juvenile dermatomyositis differs to those without it.

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Researchers grow 'mini-eyes' to understand genetic disease

5 Jan 2023, 2:40 p.m.

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.

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GOSH researchers develop treatment for leukaemia

12 Dec 2022, 10:46 a.m.

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…

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