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Trustee to represent GB in VI tennis world championship
Posted: Wednesday 11 April 2018
Macular Society trustee, Paul Ryb, is one of eight British visually-impaired (VI) tennis players who have been selected to take part in the International Blind Tennis Tournament.Paul, who is the former British number one VI tennis player, will be represe…
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New stem cell transplant trialled for dry AMD
Posted: Monday 9 April 2018
A new stem cell implant could improve vision in people with sight loss caused by dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD), new research suggests.A US study has found that when implanted at the back of the eye in people with dry AMD, the patch improved …
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Get the latest news on eye research
Posted: Wednesday 28 March 2018
This week, all Macular Society members will receive their copy of Spotlight 2018.
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The all-seeing AI
Posted: Tuesday 27 March 2018
Although artificial intelligence (AI) has been around for a while now, the main AI technology to reach the visual impairment market is the talking camera.Broadly, AI means that computers interpret the information they receive and tailor their responses b…
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What could the new stem cell research mean for you?
Posted: Tuesday 20 March 2018
The first patients to receive a new treatment derived from stem cells for people with wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) have regained enough vision to be able to read.
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AMD patients regain sight from stem cell treatment
Posted: Monday 19 March 2018
The first patients to receive a new treatment derived from stem cells for people with wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) have regained enough vision to be able to read.
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Artificial intelligence company and four UK charities partner to find a cure for AMD
Posted: Wednesday 14 March 2018
BenevolentAI and Action Against AMD, a group of UK sight loss charities, have today announced their partnership to use BenevolentAI’s technology to find treatments and a potential cure for the leading cause of blindness in the UK – age-related macular de…
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Tips for VIPs: Travel and transport
Posted: Tuesday 13 March 2018
Following our collection of tips on food and cooking as a visually impaired person (VIP), we asked you to share your advice on getting out and about.
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Why register as sight impaired?
Posted: Thursday 8 March 2018
Each local authority in the UK has a register of people who are sight impaired and severely sight impaired.
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Understanding deafblindness
Posted: Monday 5 March 2018
Although around three-quarters of people with combined sight and hearing loss are elderly, deafblindness can affect people of any age.
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Take part in a research project
Posted: Wednesday 28 February 2018
Royal Holloway University of London is looking for volunteers to assist with a research project: ‘Investigating reading with an iPad app for people with central vision loss.’ The project, funded by the Macular Society, will look at the advantages of pre…
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Are you visually impaired and in employment?
Posted: Wednesday 28 February 2018
Statistics have shown that blind and partially sighted people are significantly less likely to be in paid employment than the general population, or other disabled people.Only a quarter of registered blind and partially sighted people of working age are …
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