Webinar: Mark Goes to Las Vegas
Join our upcoming webinar to hear about our Information and Support Coordinator, Mark Baxter's, holiday in Las Vegas.
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Together We Can: ways you can get involved!
Join our upcoming webinar to find out how you can get involved and fundraise for Retina UK this year.
COMING SOON: Miles for Vision: Behind the Scenes of the London Marathon 2025
Join our upcoming webinar to hear from our Fundraising manager James Clarke, as he talks to some of our 2025 London Marathon runners!
Meet a researcher: Chloe Brotherton
As part of our aim to nurture young scientists, we are very pleased to introduce one of our new PhD students as part of a co-funding agreement with the Macular Society.
Medical Advisory Board
Our Medical Advisory Board (MAB) advises our Board of Trustees in order that they can approve grants for research projects.
Podcast: Cataract surgery for people living with inherited sight loss
Cataracts occur fairly frequently and at a relatively early age within the Retina UK community of people with inherited retinal conditions. A question that comes up over and over again is whether or not to have cataract surgery.
Research update – ProQR
In February 2022, ProQR announced a disappointing outcome for their phase 2/3 trial of sepofarsen for Leber congenital amaurosis type 10 (LCA10).
New stem cell treatment gains approval to enter US clinical trials
New stem cell treatment gains approval to enter US clinical trials
jCyte update
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.
Major innovation award
Retina UK invites expressions of interest to their first major innovation grant call, which will result in an award of up to £1million over five years as a strategic and targeted investment to result in transformative impact for therapy for inherited retinal dystrophy.