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Aged 20, James was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa at a routine eye appointment in September 2015 and registered partially sighted, just prior to buying his first car and taking his driving test.

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Thursday 19 September, 11.00am - 1.00pm - In-person - Come and join us at the Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion for a special focus group with Dr. Roly Megaw.

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The Retina UK community is sometimes targeted by adverts online or in social media, offering invasive treatments for inherited sight loss.

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Biotechnology company ProQR has announced encouraging results from its phase 1/2 clinical trial of an innovative treatment for sight loss caused by faults in a specific section of the USH2A gene.

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The team have found the cause of disease in the first ever family tree drawn up at Moorfields Eye Hospital over 35 years ago, which had remained unsolved until now.

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• Retinitis pigmentosa

Inside this edition, register now for our AI webinar on 7 December with Dr Nikolas Pontikos.

• Look Forward
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Retina UK is delighted that the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) has accepted the gene therapy Luxturna (voretigene neparvovec) for ongoing use by the NHS in Scotland.

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• Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA)

X-linked inheritance means that the faulty gene is located on the X chromosome, the larger of the two sex chromosomes.

In this article, we hear Colin's story and the reasons why he has hope for the future.

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