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Our amazing volunteers are diverse in age, background and ethnicity. The one thing they have in common is that they are all living with, or directly affected by, an inherited sight loss condition.

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Mini-retinas are essentially mini eyeballs in a dish. They contain all of the cell types in the human retina and we can perform many experiments on these to figure out the missing pieces in the puzzle.

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Genetic testing and counselling services are usually coordinated through a main hospital where the eye clinic or clinical service is based; some also have clinics in local hospitals across the service’s area.

Alex Pitts from British Blind Sport talks about the benefits of sport and physical activity and the BBS Have a Go Days and Active at Home programme.

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Luxturna, a gene therapy, is only for the treatment of Leber congenital amaurosis type 2 (LCA2) and severe early-onset RP caused by mutations in a specific gene called RPE65.

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My name is Mark Baxter and from an early age I was diagnosed with a deteriorating retinal eye condition called retinitis pigmentosa or RP for short, which will slowly lead to blindness.

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Organising your own fundraising is great fun and a brilliant way to involve your friends, family and local community.

In April 2022 we joined with another seven leading sight loss organisations to make a public commitment to increasing the number of blind and partially sighted people employed within our sector, including at senior management level.

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In spring 2021, the US company jCyte announced detailed results from their successful phase 2b clinical trial of jCell, a stem cell-based treatment for RP.

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Join Colin & Linda McArthur for their annual Isle of Wight walk in support of Retina UK. Last year's event raised a record-breaking £6,000+!

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