e-Newsletter – December 2022
Our monthly e-Newsletter featuring the latest updates from Retina UK. Subscribe now to receive these updates directly to your email.
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Meet our Ambassador: Amar Latif
Amar Latif is an adventurer, entrepreneur, TV presenter and public speaker. He became an Ambassador for Retina UK in 2020.
Electrical stimulation therapy
Electrical stimulation is under investigation to determine whether a small electric charge applied to the retina can stimulate the production of a number of important biological ‘factors’ that in turn could trigger light-sensitive cells (photoreceptors) to regenerate.
Meet our Ambassador: Steve Bate MBE
Steve is a Paralympian who was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa (RP) in 2011.
Growth factors
Growth factors are substances that promote the health and function of cells and tissues in the body.
e-Newsletter – October 2022
Our monthly e-Newsletter featuring the latest updates from Retina UK. Subscribe now to receive these updates directly to your email.
e-Newsletter – September 2022
Our monthly e-Newsletter featuring the latest updates from Retina UK. Subscribe now to receive these updates directly to your email.
Research brings hope for the future
“All the promising research makes you feel like there is light at the end of that very dark tunnel after all.”
Webinar: Support through Access to Work – World Sight Day Special
Join us for a brief overview of the Government’s Access to Work scheme, learn how it could support you at work, and hear the experiences of a number of people with inherited sight loss who receive an Access to Work grant.
Unlock Genetics on RNIB Connect Radio
Our Director of Development, Paula McGrath, recently appeared on RNIB Connect to talk about our new Unlock Genetics resource. You can listen to the show online here: