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Research determines that taking high dose vitamin A supplements does not slow vision loss in people with retinitis pigmentosa (RP).

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We are proud to launch our new Young Persons Project, which will play a significant role in providing impactful and timely support for young people with inherited sight loss and mental health challenges, across the UK.

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Our monthly e-Newsletter featuring the latest updates from Retina UK.

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In 2014 we funded an exciting new collaborative project. The UK Inherited Retinal Dystrophy Consortium (UKIRDC) Project brought together the four largest research groups in the UK specialising in inherited retinal diseases (IRDs).

Fancy fundraising for Retina UK? Here’s a few pointers to help get you started.

The following questions are often asked by people contacting Retina UK.

Elena Piotter, a PhD student working in Robert MacLaren’s group in the Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology at the University of Oxford, is currently researching DNA and RNA base editing tools aiming to correct pathogenic mutations in ABCA4.

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The cover of this edition celebrates the success of our amazing London Marathon team. Together they have raised more than £43,000.

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Genes exist inside all the cells that make up your body. They contain genetic code (DNA) and provide instructions for constructing proteins, which are the building blocks of our bodies and perform a huge variety of roles.

Your doctor or genetic counsellor will spend some time asking about other people in your family to try to work out the way in which your particular faulty gene has been passed down through the generations – this is referred to as the inheritance pattern.