James Treweek: Why I am running the TCS London Marathon 2025
James, who lives with retinitis pigmentosa, is running the TCS London Marathon in April 2025 to raise vital funds for Retina UK.
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Cataracts and Macular Oedema
Cataracts and macular oedema are both associated with inherited sight loss and may respond to treatment.
Big Give Christmas Challenge 2025
WE HAVE REACHED OUR TARGET! Thank you everyone for your incredible support!
Retina UK’s Big Bag Pack Weekend 2024
Support Retina UK this summer by organising a bag packing session at your local supermarket.
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.