Buckinghamshire Local Peer Support Group
Thursday 19 September, 11.00am - In-person - Please come and join us for a guided tour of the new 'Seeing Differently' exhibition at the MK Gallery.
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Genetic counselling
Genetic counsellors are specially trained healthcare professionals with extensive scientific knowledge who spend time talking to families living with inherited conditions.
Study of substances in blood suggests choroideremia is not just an isolated eye disease
Choroideremia is a rare genetic condition resulting in progressive sight loss in men.
Glasgow Local Peer Support Group
Wednesday 2 October, 11.00am - 1.00pm - In-person meet up at Visibility Scotland with guest speaker Graeme Marden from Sight and Sound Technology.
Gene therapy treatment Luxturna accepted for use in Scotland
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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Research grant awards worth £870K announced
Retina UK is delighted to announce that it has awarded three new research grants worth more than £870,000.
Genetics and gene therapy
When we talk about gene therapy we are usually referring to use of a harmless virus, called a vector, to deliver a normal copy of a defective gene into the cells of the eye.
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Our Peer Support Groups are growing. Find out more about what's planned for the future.
ProQR makes progress with potential treatment for LCA
Despite the challenges of the pandemic, researchers and pharmaceutical companies are still making progress towards delivering new treatments for inherited sight loss.