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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.
At Retina UK we get many queries from those overseas affected by inherited retinal dystrophies (IRDs). Understandably, many want to know about research and how they can get involved. Retina UK does not organise trials or directly recruit participants.
A recently published study has provided the first molecular map of the mutation-specific changes that occur in the retina which lead to Congenital Stationary Night Blindness.
The latest research news piece from Retina UK.
A new study by researchers from Radboud University Medical Centre and the University of Basel has uncovered new genetic causes of Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) that were once overlooked.
The latest research news piece from Retina UK.
This page explains the different types of genetic tests: diagnostic testing, predictive testing, carrier testing and research testing
Biotechnology company Ocugen has announced the enrolment completion of their phase 3 clinical trial for OCU400.
X-linked inheritance means that the faulty gene is located on the X chromosome, the larger of the two sex chromosomes.
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.
