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The Retina UK Professionals’ Conference is aimed at anyone who works with our community in a professional capacity.

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Gyrate atrophy of the choroid and retina, shortened to gyrate atrophy, is an inherited disorder of protein metabolism characterised by progressive vision loss.

Best disease, also known as Best vitelliform macular dystrophy (BVMD), is is an inherited eye condition associated with progressive degeneration of the macula and is a form of juvenile macular dystrophy.

Our Retina UK Peer Support Group network offers information and support via regular meetings both online or in-person.

Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is an inherited eye condition that affects the photoreceptor cells responsible for capturing images from the visual field.

Cone-rod dystrophies are a group of inherited diseases that affect the photoreceptor (light sensing) cells that are responsible for capturing images from the visual field.

Achromatopsia is a rare hereditary vision disorder affecting approximately 1 in 30,000 newborn babies.

X-linked retinoschisis (XLRS) is an inherited condition that causes early loss of mainly central vision in males.

Our new Retina UK online auction is now live! Get bidding to win fantastic prizes and support those living with inherited sight loss.

We are currently funding a range of exciting projects and programmes, all of which aim to enhance our understanding of inherited sight loss, and inform the development of treatments for the estimated two million people affected worldwide.