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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New Eye Care Support Pathway wins cross-sector backing
New Eye Care Support Pathway wins cross-sector backing for transforming the way people with care needs and sight loss are helped emotionally and practically.
RECORDING: Annual Conference – 24 June 2023
A recording of the 46th Retina UK Annual Conference on 24 June 2023. The Conference was held at the University of Westminster, Marylebone Campus in London and online.
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e-Newsletter September 2023
Our monthly e-Newsletter featuring the latest updates from Retina UK.
Meet our community: Russ Stephenson
Russ was diagnosed with Choroideremia at the age of 11, after visiting caves in Spain and not being able to see anything.
Let’s talk about tech
As people living with sight loss we are constantly looking for solutions to make our lives easier without too much effort or cost writes Jonathan Abro.
Webinar: Michael Gilhooley, Optogenetics
This session will introduce the technique of optogenetics and its potential for development into a treatment for IRDs.
Experimental therapy by Retina UK-funded researchers leads to ‘life changing improvements’
Researchers who received funding from Retina UK have carried out experimental gene therapy that is reported to have led to ‘life changing improvements’ to sight for four children with inherited sight loss.
The UK Inherited Retinal Dystrophy Consortium
In 2014 we funded an exciting new collaborative project. The UK Inherited Retinal Dystrophy Consortium (UKIRDC) Project brought together the four largest research groups in the UK specialising in inherited retinal diseases (IRDs).