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Our Keynote speaker will be Mr Kanmin Xue. Mr Xue is a Consultant Vitreo-retinal Surgeon at the John Radcliffe Hospital and Wellcome Trust clinician scientist fellow at the University of Oxford where he leads the Retinal Disease and Repair Group.

• Information event
• Audio
• Written

When we talk about gene therapy we are usually referring to use of a harmless virus, called a vector, to deliver a normal copy of a defective gene into the cells of the eye.

Choroideremia is a rare genetic condition resulting in progressive sight loss in men.

• News
• Choroideremia

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

Emily Kearney is mum to four boys, aged four to 13, two of whom are living with an inherited sight loss condition.

• Case study - community
• Written

Aged 20, James was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa at a routine eye appointment in September 2015 and registered partially sighted, just prior to buying his first car and taking his driving test.

• Case study - community
• Written

This stunning central London half marathon, takes in some of the capital’s world-famous landmarks on closed roads.

• Run
• London

In this article, we hear Colin's story and the reasons why he has hope for the future.

• News