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Creating without limits: artistic expression and sight Loss

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Retina UK has a number of online support resources which we offer via social media.

Join Research Development Manager, Kate Arkell as she speaks to our latest research grantees about their projects.

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Steve has been volunteering for Retina UK since its formation in 1976 and has been a part of the Helpline team since the early 1980s.. He remembers very well a caller named Khadeja, who called the Helpline multiple times, following her diagnosis with RP in 1999.

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Flip pancakes for people living with inherited sight loss. Take on our Flipping Fantastic Fundraising Challenge and try to flip as many pancakes as possible whilst raising money for Retina UK!

Autosomal dominant inheritance means that the faulty gene is on an autosome (any chromosome other than the sex chromosomes) and that only one faulty copy is needed to cause sight loss.

Our partnerships are mutually beneficial. For Retina UK this means we can fund more research and offer support on a local level, while our partners can achieve corporate social responsibility objectives whilst making a tangible impact.

This webinar covers key questions and topic areas including what Usher syndrome is, how to get a diagnosis, both clinical and genetic, and what will happen after this.

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Our monthly e-Newsletter featuring the latest updates from Retina UK.

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A recently published study has described numerous disease mechanisms that appear to be common across different types of inherited sight loss, suggesting that there is significant potential for drug treatments that could work regardless of the underlying causative gene.

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• Retinitis pigmentosa