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Genetic testing and counselling services are usually coordinated through a main hospital where the eye clinic or clinical service is based; some also have clinics in local hospitals across the service’s area.

We have created Discover Wellbeing to help people affected by inherited sight loss to develop an awareness of emotional wellbeing and the practical skills to adapt to life’s ups and downs.

We are proud to work with a number of organisations that share our aims and values.

Raise money to help support people affected by inherited sight loss to lead better lives today and accelerate the search for treatments for the future.

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.

Sign up to receive regular updates from Retina UK and learn more about the most innovative research and technology news, upcoming events, fundraising and support services available.

Our Retina UK Talk & support service (formerly Telephone Befriending Service) links people who may be feeling isolated or lonely with a trained volunteer for regular contact.

There are about 125 million rod and cone cells within the retina that act as the eye's light receptors.

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.

Growth factors are substances that promote the health and function of cells and tissues in the body.