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His Highness Sheikh Theyab bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan visited the centre on behalf of his grandmother Her Highness Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of the General Women鈥檚 Union (GWU), and President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, Supreme Chairwoman of the Family Development Foundation (FDF), and the wife of the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Founder of the United Arab Emirates.

The centre was made possible thanks to a generous 拢60 million gift from Her Highness Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak in 2014 and is a partnership between Great Ormond Street Hospital, 果冻影院 and Great Ormond Street Hospital Children鈥檚 Charity that will see hundreds听 of clinicians and researchers come together under one roof to advance treatments for children with rare and complex diseases.

His Highness Sheikh Theyab bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan was present to unveil a plaque at The Zayed Centre for Research, named in honour of his late grandfather. The unveiling marks the completion of the building ahead of patients, researchers and clinicians moving into the centre later this year.

The building includes an advanced suite of cleanrooms for the production of gene therapies, multiple tissue culture rooms for testing potential new treatments, a cardiac research suite with facilities for 3-d modelling as well as an open plan laboratory with 140 laboratory bench positions. The patients this research activity will support will be seen in a 30-room outpatient facility.

Following a tour of The Zayed Centre for Research, a celebratory moment was held with the attendance of His Excellency Mansour Abulhoul, UAE Ambassador to the UK, and patients from Great Ormond Street Hospital.

On behalf of his grandmother, His Highness Sheikh Theyab bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan said: 鈥淭he work of The Zayed Centre for Research into Rare Disease in Children will facilitate pioneering treatments and cures for children with the aim to accelerate ground-breaking outcomes to benefit more and more children. We are thankful to the Centre for its amazing efforts to protect the wellbeing of future generations.鈥�

His Highness Sheikh Theyab continued: 鈥�The late Sheikh Zayed鈥檚 vision continues, not by ancestry, but by those who share his values. The Zayed Centre鈥檚 ambition and commitment are proof that his legacy is alive and continues to thrive.鈥�

Professor Ros Smyth, (果冻影院 Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health) said:听鈥淭his wonderful new facility will enable us to take forward the research that we do to a new level. 听The Zayed Centre for Research will enable us to accelerate the rate that we鈥檙e able to cure diseases that are currently uncurable.

鈥淚 particularly want to add our thanks to the donors that are represented here and particularly to Her Highness Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak for her extraordinary kindness in providing such a generous gift. This centre has been made possible by a long and deep partnership between 果冻影院, GOSH and GOSH charity, and of course the patients and their families who we have the great privilege to serve.鈥�

Matthew Shaw, Chief Executive at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust (GOSH) said: 鈥淔or our patients, many of whom have rare and complex diseases, the Zayed Centre for Research is a beacon of hope for new and better treatments and ultimately cures. It is testament to the power of partnership and its creation would not have been possible without the support听 of Her Highness Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak. Today is an important milestone in the development of this phenomenal facility.鈥�

The celebration was also attended by Research England, The Wolfson Foundation, John Connolly & Odile Griffith, whose generous support has contributed to the creation of the Zayed Centre for Research.

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