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Tuesday 24 September, 7.00pm - 8.00pm - via Zoom - Come and join the Belfast Bumpers Group for an online catch up where we will be talking about volunteering for Retina UK.

• Local peer support group

Genes exist inside all the cells that make up your body. They contain genetic code (DNA) and provide instructions for constructing proteins, which are the building blocks of our bodies and perform a huge variety of roles.

We are nothing without our amazing community. They are the reason we do what we do and are a constant source of inspiration to us.

In April 2022 we joined with another seven leading sight loss organisations to make a public commitment to increasing the number of blind and partially sighted people employed within our sector, including at senior management level.

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Our amazing volunteers are diverse in age, background and ethnicity. The one thing they have in common is that they are all living with, or directly affected by, an inherited sight loss condition.

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The project aims to develop a cost effective method of examining the entire ABCA4 gene to look for variations that might cause disease.

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Luxturna, a gene therapy, is only for the treatment of Leber congenital amaurosis type 2 (LCA2) and severe early-onset RP caused by mutations in a specific gene called RPE65.

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Retina UK aims not only to progress research along established threads, but to stimulate new thinking, encourage innovative approaches and nurture original ideas.

Do you want to win up to £25,000 and feel good about supporting people with inherited progressive sight loss?!

Bhavini was diagnosed with RP in 1997 aged 17. The consultant who confirmed her diagnosis told her that “there was no cure or treatment and she should prepare to go blind".

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