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Retina UK Professionals’ Conference 2026
The Retina UK Professionals’ Conference is aimed at anyone who works with our community in a professional capacity.
5K A Day In May 2026
May is National Walking Month! Are you ready to join #TeamRetinaUK in May for our daily 5K challenge? Your support will allow us to continue supporting those who are living with inherited sight loss.
Retina UK Day 2026
Come together for Retina UK Day on Thursday, 8 October 2026 and help us raise awareness and funds for those who are living with inherited sight loss.
Aavantgarde Bio Ush1B study at Moorfields
Aavantgarde Bio Ush1B study at Moorfields
Funding paves the way for achromatopsia
A research project funded by Retina UK helped pave the way to a new gene therapy that has recently produced encouraging results in two young people with achromatopsia, a condition that causes complete colour-blindness and poor overall vision from birth.
Belite Bio – Phase 2/3 Trial for Adolescents with Stargardt disease
The latest research news piece from Retina UK.
x-linked inheritance
X-linked inheritance means that the faulty gene is located on the X chromosome, the larger of the two sex chromosomes.
Gene Therapy improves functional measures in XLRP
Beacon Therapeutics announced positive results from their phase 2 gene therapy trial for X-linked retinitis pigmentosa (XLRP) caused by mutations in the RPGR gene.