UCL and UCLH are marking Red For Research on Friday, 19 June 2026, with our iconic portico lit up in red and staff and students across campus wearing red to highlight the contribution research makes t...

A gentler treatment for children whose leukaemia has come back could boost survival and quality of life, a study led by a UCL academic has found.

A six-year-old girl has had her sight restored thanks to life-changing eye gene therapy for rare blindness involving a team at UCL and Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH).

Scientists are developing a revolutionary new stem cell therapy to treat a rare and life-threatening disease that leaves newborn babies unable to function without invasive surgery, thanks to a collabo...

A UCL academic and the patient who took part in his groundbreaking trial have been jointly named among the top 100 people in health globally by a prestigious US magazine.

Find out why they're on the TIME100 Health 2026 list.

A major study by UCL and Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori in Milan (INT) researchers has for the first time shown in detail how far children’s cancer has spread at diagnosis in a way tha...

A team led by UCL researchers with Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) and Moorfields Eye Hospital, found B cells—alongside T cells—play a key role in arthritis-related eye disease (JIA uveitis), a co...

UCL's Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health has renewed its Gold Athena Swan status, reinforcing its leadership on gender equity and setting a strong foundation for progress through to 2031.

Researchers at UCL and Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) have developed the first-ever lab-grown mini-stomach that contains the key components of the full-sized human organ.

Explore our Cell, Gene and Novel Therapies MSc. Join our virtual open event to meet our Programme Directors and plan your next career step.

UCL will be at the forefront of running a new ground-breaking research partnership to develop novel brain tumour treatments in the UK.

UCL will be at the forefront of running a new ground-breaking research partnership to develop novel brain tumour treatments in the UK.

Highlights included breakthroughs in Huntington’s disease, cancer and sight loss, as well as the first ever views of the south pole of the Sun and life under an Antarctic ice shelf

A new UK-led research group, which includes UCL, aims to improve the lives of people with arthritis by defining for the first time what being in remission from the illness truly means.

A groundbreaking new treatment using genome-edited immune cells, developed by scientists at UCL and Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), has shown promising results in helping children and adults fight a rare and aggressive form of blood cancer.

Professor Paul Gissen has been announced as the Director Designate of the National Institute for Health and Care Research GOSH Biomedical Research Centre (NIHR GOSH BRC).

Children faced a substantially higher risk of rare heart complications from being infected with COVID-19 during the pandemic than from being vaccinated against the disease, finds a new UCL-led study w...

Results from the largest cohort of children who received a gene therapy for a rare immunodeficiency condition have shown the long-term safety and efficacy of the curative treatment.

Explore Master’s degrees in Child Health, Paediatric Neuropsychology, and Cell, Gene and Novel Therapies. Join our virtual open events to meet Programme Directors and plan your next career step.

Explore Master’s degrees in Child Health, Paediatric Neuropsychology, and Cell, Gene and Novel Therapies. Join our virtual open events to meet Programme Directors and plan your next career step.

Explore Master’s degrees in Child Health, Paediatric Neuropsychology, and Cell, Gene and Novel Therapies. Join our virtual open events to meet Programme Directors and plan your next career step.

Explore our Child and Adolescent Mental Health MSc. Join our virtual open event to meet our Programme Directors and plan your next career step.

A link between kidney transplant rejection and changes in the body’s lymphatic vessels has been discovered in a UCL-led study.

Apply for a fully funded PhD at UCL’s GOS Institute of Child Health and take part in pioneering research that transforms child health worldwide.

Experts used new imaging techniques to look at the organ’s ‘plumbing system’ to understand what these vessels do during transplantation.

Tiny elements in the human diet, such as micronutrients, may have influenced human evolution in ways greater than previously recognised, according to a new study led by UCL researchers.

The pair may have gone cold on the UK but start-ups and university spinouts here are using AI to revolutionise drug discovery

Children with a rare, debilitating muscle disease could benefit from the findings of new research by experts at UCL and Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH).

Genetically identical siblings can shed light on understanding mitochondria and aid research into treatment

We are delighted to announce the successful projects from our recent funding call for Early Career Researchers, delivered through UCL’s Grand Challenge of Mental Health and Wellbeing.

An international research team led by UCL, Great Ormond Street Hospital, and KU Leuven is using 3D-printing and nanodiamonds to design treatments that could help babies repair their damaged lungs whil...

An international research team led by UCL, Great Ormond Street Hospital, and KU Leuven is using 3D-printing and nanodiamonds to design treatments that could help babies repair their damaged lungs whil...

A teenager with a rare, life-limiting genetic condition is off to university after receiving a pioneering gene therapy developed by researchers at UCL and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children (GO...

Experts say country needs ‘wake-up call’, while NHS will offer childhood chickenpox jab for first time