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This is the final edition of Look Forward this year and what a year it has been! We’ve had some very positive feedback about our Conferences and the Big Give Christmas Challenge is back - a great opportunity to double your donation at no extra cost to you! We’ve included a handy ‘What’s on’ article which outlines some of our plans for 2026. We would like to take this opportunity to wish all of our readers a very Merry Christmas and a happy and fulfilling New Year.

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Several groups around the world are investigating the use of retinal transplantation in the treatment of inherited retinal diseases.

Retina UK invites expressions of interest to their first major innovation grant call, which will result in an award of up to £1million over five years as a strategic and targeted investment to result in transformative impact for therapy for inherited retinal dystrophy.

We provide funding for innovative, high quality research projects investigating the causes and potential treatments for all forms of inherited retinal disease.

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Researchers have developed PEDF-based eye drops that show promise in slowing retinal degeneration in mice with retinitis pigmentosa, potentially offering a non-invasive treatment option for preserving vision in the future.

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In recent years there has, understandably, been a lot of excitement around cutting-edge therapies that target the specific genetic faults underlying inherited sight loss.

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The BBC covered a story on Monday 24 May about optogenetics partially restoring the sight of a man living with retinitis pigmentosa in France.

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Inherited retinal dystrophies (IRDs) are the leading cause of blindness in working-age people in the UK, and children as young as eighteen-months are regularly diagnosed.

Despite the knock-on effects of the pandemic, there’s been a lot going on this year in the world of research! Here are snapshots of a few stories that have appeared in the Research News section of our website in 2022.

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