‘Talking’ Travel Peer Support Group
Thursday 3 October 2024, 7.00pm - 8.00pm - via Zoom - Come and join Richard & Rachael to hear from our guest speaker, Travelling Blind blogger and author, Robert Taylor.
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The Gene Team
Funding from Retina UK has allowed to team to explore the viability of gene therapy as a treatment for RP and related conditions, and build a pipeline of clinical trials.
Online information & support
Retina UK has a number of online support resources which we offer via social media.
Webinar: Inflammation and retinal degeneration in RP
Inflammation and retinal degeneration in retinitis pigmentosa: Can lessons learned in the lab help us identify treatments in the clinic?
Does gene therapy always have to be gene-specific?
Early 2020 marked an important milestone for the Retina UK community, when the first person with an inherited retinal condition received NHS treatment to potentially slow or even stop the progression of their sight loss.
Joint statement on benefits and employment support
As a coalition of sight loss charities, we are calling on the Government to make the benefit system and employment support fit for purpose for blind and partially sighted people.
A blog from the research coal face
Jing Yu is a bioinformatician with the Eye Research Group at Oxford University, and is part of the UK Inherited Retinal Dystrophy Consortium (UKIRDC) team, funded by a Retina UK grant.
Retina UK-funded discovery leads to $2.5 award for further research
A discovery made as part of research funded by Retina UK has led to a prestigious award of $2.5 million, enabling scientists to undertake more in-depth investigations and work towards a treatment for a particular type of retinitis pigmentosa.
Applying for research funding
We provide funding for innovative, high quality research projects investigating the causes and potential treatments for all forms of inherited retinal disease.
Tyne & Wear Local Peer Support Group
Saturday 12 October, 1.00pm - 7.00pm - *Rescheduled from 10 August* Come and join us for our second collaborative in-person event of 2024 with Northern Alliance VIP's when we return to The Bridge Hotel in Newcastle.