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Your donations make progress possible

Your generous support allows Retina UK to fund the work of leading scientists who are increasing understanding of inherited sight loss and moving us closer to treatments.

Retinal transplantation studies

Several groups around the world are investigating the use of retinal transplantation in the treatment of inherited retinal diseases.

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A blog from the research coal face

Jing Yu is a bioinformatician with the Eye Research Group at Oxford University, and is part of the UK Inherited Retinal Dystrophy Consortium (UKIRDC) team, funded by a Retina UK  grant.

Sight Loss Survey 2025

Sight Loss Survey 2025

We want to ensure our current and future activities are relevant and that they respond to your needs. The only way we can be confident of this is to ask about your experiences, views and what matters to you.

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Applying for research funding

We provide funding for innovative, high quality research projects investigating the causes and potential treatments for all forms of inherited retinal disease.

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Types of inherited sight loss

Inherited progressive sight loss is caused by a range of rare genetic conditions. We specialise in those which affect the retina.