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Alstrom syndrome is an inherited condition which affects many body systems.

Achromatopsia is a rare hereditary vision disorder affecting approximately 1 in 30,000 newborn babies.

Leber Congenital Amaurosis (LCA) is a rare genetic eye disease that appears at birth or in the first few months of life.

Many research studies could not take place without the participation of people living with inherited sight loss.

Cone-rod dystrophies are a group of inherited diseases that affect the photoreceptor (light sensing) cells that are responsible for capturing images from the visual field.

Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is an inherited condition which impacts many parts of the body including the retina.

Stickler syndrome is a genetic connective tissue disorder.

X-linked retinoschisis (XLRS) is an inherited condition that causes early loss of mainly central vision in males.

A recording of the Retina UK Annual Conference on 28 September 2024. The Conference was held at the Pendulum Hotel in Manchester and online.

• Conference
• Audio
• Video

Charles Bonnet syndrome (CBS) causes people who have lost a lot of sight to see things that aren’t real (hallucinations).