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Stargardt disease is the most common form of juvenile macular dystrophy (or inherited degeneration).

With your challenge, you’ll help support people affected by inherited sight loss to lead better lives today and accelerate the search for treatments for the future.

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

Refsum syndrome is an inherited metabolic condition, associated with elevated phytanic acid plasma levels, which impacts many body systems.

Welcome to the winter edition of Look Forward. It’s packed full of news from our Conferences, the latest research news and an interview with Hassina Zeriri, one of our funded PhD students. We have also included details of lots of ways you can get involved with Retina UK over the coming months, along with some suggested festive fundraising for the Christmas period.

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Our Retina UK Peer Support Group network offers information and support via regular meetings both online or in-person.

As well as many of the well-known races, we also have exclusive places available in hundreds of local runs. Wherever you live, you can run as part of #TeamRetinaUK this year!

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Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is an inherited eye condition that affects the photoreceptor cells responsible for capturing images from the visual field.

Stickler syndrome is a genetic connective tissue disorder.

Choroideremia is a genetic condition that causes progressive vision loss, mostly in males.