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Information for teachers

If you have a child with a visual impairment joining your class, you may have questions about how best you can teach and help them.

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e-Newsletter April 2024

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Disability sector calling for cost of living support

Retina UK has joined with more than 80 disability charities who have today written to the Chancellor calling for urgent support with the cost of living for disabled people.

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Getting a referral

If you have a diagnosis of an inherited retinal condition, or you are a close relative of somebody living with one of these conditions, you are entitled to access testing and genetic counselling.

Easter Fundraising

If you could use the long bank holiday weekend to fundraise for Retina UK, we would love to hear from you!

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.

Cell-ebrating the dosing of patients with jCell in a phase 2 clinical trial for RP

The latest research news from Retina UK.

Slowing sight loss in stargardts: Ocugen’s gene therapy trial offers promising early results

Ocugen’s gene therapy candidate, OCU410ST, is an experimental treatment designed to slow vision loss in Stargardt disease, an inherited retinal disease (IRD) with no approved therapies currently.