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Thursday 15 May 2025, 7.00pm - 8.00pm - via Zoom - Come and join us for our latest meeting where we will be joined by our guest speakers and new sponsors, EMVI - A Mobile Visual Assistant Designed by and for the Visually Impaired.
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.
Lynda Cantor was a founder member of the charity in 1975 and one of our original trustees
A new approach to treating inherited sight loss
Together We Can: ways you can get involved!
Martin started volunteering for Retina UK in 2014 after retiring as a Chartered Civil Engineer.
Dr Graham undertook research into the basic mechanisms of retinal vasculitis, inflammation of the blood vessels in the retina, and is an important cause of poor vision in patients with uveitis, inflammation of the uveal tract.
Our sight loss survey highlighted that you have a real appetite to get involved in representing the inherited sight loss community through activities like focus groups, surveys and research projects via the Retina UK Lived Experience Panel.
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.
Biotechnology company ProQR has announced encouraging results from its early analysis of the phase 1/2 trial of QR-421a, an innovative approach to treating sight loss caused by mutations in a particular section of the USH2A gene.
