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

• Look Forward
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Biotechnology company ProQR has announced that two of its RNA therapy development programmes for inherited sight loss are being acquired by Laboratoires Théa, a company specialising in eye care products.

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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.

• Local peer support group

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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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

UK researchers have discovered that passing a weak electrical current between electrodes on a person’s scalp may lead to a reduction in frequency of the visual hallucinations experienced by some people living with sight loss.

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• Charles Bonnet Syndrome

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