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Our amazing volunteers are diverse in age, background and ethnicity. The one thing they have in common is that they are all living with, or directly affected by, an inherited sight loss condition.

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Would you like to help shape Retina UK’s future? Do you want to ensure decision-makers understand the impact of inherited sight loss? If so we’d love to hear from you.

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You may have heard that a cell-based treatment approach (sometimes referred to as a “stem cell treatment”), developed by a company called ReNeuron, is being tested in a clinical trial at Oxford Eye Hospital and other centres in the US and Europe.

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Biotechnology company ProQR has announced that two of its RNA therapy development programmes for inherited sight loss are being acquired by Laboratoires Théa, a company specialising in eye care products.

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Tuesday 24 March 2026, 7.00pm - 8.00pm - via Zoom - Join us for our latest meeting where we are delighted to introduce Anna Holloway & Ellie Dowdy as our new facilitators of the Tech group alongside our guest speaker Chris Moreton from HumanWare.

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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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*RESCHEDULED* Tuesday 3 March 2026, 7.00pm - 8.00pm - via Zoom - Please come and join facilitators Steve Cox & Brian Coates for our first 'Talking' Creative Arts meeting of the year where will be joined by Artist and Sculptor, Aaron McPeake.

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Join Lauren as she chats with Paula McGrath, Deputy CEO of Retina UK, about the 2025 Sight Loss Survey

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Webinar: Genetic Testing: what can I expect?

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The latest podcast from Retina UK.

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