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This edition includes exciting news about our Annual and Professionals’ Conferences. We hope as many of you as possible can join us in Manchester, or online, in September. You’ll also find updates about the latest research and a feature on one of our funded researchers, Dr Jörn Lakowski.
Retina UK is delighted to announce that it has awarded three new research grants worth more than £870,000.
Inherited progressive sight loss is caused by a range of rare genetic conditions. We specialise in those which affect the retina.
Our community is informed and knowledgeable about current research projects into the cause(s) of and treatments for these conditions.
On a typical week in the stem cell lab there are many different experiments going on. Different people work on their individual projects, but we often collaborate to share ideas and help each other.
Several groups around the world are investigating the use of retinal transplantation in the treatment of inherited retinal diseases.
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.
The Retina UK community is sometimes targeted by adverts online or in social media, offering invasive treatments for inherited sight loss.
The team have found the cause of disease in the first ever family tree drawn up at Moorfields Eye Hospital over 35 years ago, which had remained unsolved until now.
