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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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Opus Genetics has launched an early-stage clinical trial of OPGx-MERTK, an investigational gene therapy for MERTK-related Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP), a condition that causes progressive vision loss due to photoreceptor degeneration.

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Are you affected by inherited sight loss? We are here to help.

Our vision is a world where everyone with inherited sight loss is able to live a fulfilling life.

If you, or a close relative, are living with a genetic sight loss condition, there may be a chance that your children will inherit it.

Dr Nikolas Pontikos is a Senior Research Fellow at UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, and has been working on inherited retinal conditions for several years.

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