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Mark your special day, whilst fundraising for people with inherited sight loss.

Stem cells are a special type of cell, which under the right conditions can be encouraged to grow into any other type of cell in the body, including retinal cells (rods, cones and retinal pigment epithelial cells).

Nurturing a new generation of scientists is a vital investment in the future of retinal disease research, so we are delighted to be funding, in collaboration with the Macular Society, a new PhD studentship at Oxford University, supervised by Professor Robert MacLaren.

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Your generous support allows Retina UK to fund the work of leading scientists who are increasing understanding of inherited sight loss and moving us closer to treatments.

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Superheroes, the race is on and it doesn’t get any bigger than this! As part of #TeamRetinaUK, remotely join forces with hundreds of fellow superheroes around the world!

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In this edition of Blindingly Chatty, Laura Tyler and Mark Pampel follow on from the subject of musical instruments and discuss composition, improvisation and performance.

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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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We provide funding for innovative, high quality research projects investigating the causes and potential treatments for all forms of inherited retinal disease.

This podcast covers the most important professionals who work with the sight loss community, along with their abbreviations and what they do to improve people’s lives.

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