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Vials for medical research
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Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity joins cancer research consortium

Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity (GOSH Charity) has joined Cancer Research Horizons and LifeArc as a core partner to help drive innovation in children’s and young people’s cancer treatment, drug discovery consortium C-Further has announced.  C-Further is an international consortium of drug discovery and development researchers, clinicians,… Read More

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Melanoma or skin cancer
#Dermatology #Francis Crick Institute #Gene therapy #Great Ormond Street Hospital #Melanoma #RNA

Silencing RNA causes moles to self-destruct in rare condition

UK researchers have designed a new genetic therapy that could alleviate debilitating giant moles in a rare skin condition. The treatment could be used to reverse moles, and therefore prevent cancer. It could also potentially reverse other types of at-risk moles as an alternative to surgery. Read More

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Doctor points at child's brain scan
#Francis Crick Institute #Gene therapy #Great Ormond Street Hospital #Paediatrics #Rare disease

Researchers design genetic therapy to prevent brain deterioration

A research team at the Francis Crick Institute and Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH)/UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health have identified potential treatments for children with rare genetic conditions. The researchers have shown that problems with calcium underlie these progressive diseases. Stabilising calcium levels… Read More

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