Inherited retinal dystrophies, which include retinitis pigmentosa (RP) and Stargardt disease, are the most common cause of blindness in children and working-age people in the UK. Yet the conditions are rare, with only 25,000 people affected in the UK.
More than 300 genes have been linked to inherited sight loss conditions and many more are yet to be identified.
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