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Learning from your experiences
Thank you to all those who completed our recent Sight Loss Survey – almost 700 of you took the time to share your experiences.
Brain stimulation may reduce hallucinations
UK researchers have discovered that passing a weak electrical current between electrodes on a person’s scalp may lead to a reduction in frequency of the visual hallucinations experienced by some people living with sight loss.
Research news roundup – innovation in 2022
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.
ReNeuron trial FAQs
You may have heard that a cell-based treatment approach (sometimes referred to as a “stem cell treatment”), developed by a company called ReNeuron, is being tested in a clinical trial at Oxford Eye Hospital and other centres in the US and Europe.
Dr Jessie Mole
The Dr Jessie Mole lecture was inaugurated on 10 December 2001, in recognition of Jessie's outstanding contribution to BRPS, then RP Fighting Blindness and now Retina UK.
Meira GTx announces positive data from phase clinical trial
Biotechnology company MeiraGTx has announced encouraging news from its phase 1/2 clinical trial of botaretigene sparoparvovec (previously known as AAV-RPGR), a gene therapy aimed at X-linked retinitis pigmentosa caused by faults in the RPGR gene.
From Lab to Clinical Trial: First Healthy Volunteer Dosed with OCT-980
Octant, a clinical stage drug discovery company, has recently announced the dosing of the first healthy volunteer in their Phase 1a clinical trial of OCT-980 for Rhodopsin-associated autosomal dominant Retinitis Pigmentosa (RHO-adRP).
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Completed Research Project Outcomes
The following projects were being funded by Retina UK and have recently come to an end.