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The Retina UK community is sometimes targeted by adverts online or in social media, offering invasive treatments for inherited sight loss.

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On a typical week in the stem cell lab there are many different experiments going on. Different people work on their individual projects, but we often collaborate to share ideas and help each other.

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Our community is informed and knowledgeable about current research projects into the cause(s) of and treatments for these conditions.

The team have found the cause of disease in the first ever family tree drawn up at Moorfields Eye Hospital over 35 years ago, which had remained unsolved until now.

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The Retina UK Professionals’ Conference is aimed at anyone who works with our community in a professional capacity.

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Hajrah Sarkar is a PhD student whose project is funded by Retina UK.

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The BBC covered a story on Monday 24 May about optogenetics partially restoring the sight of a man living with retinitis pigmentosa in France.

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

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Jing Yu is a Research Assistant at the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford.

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