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Potential treatments for Doyne honeycomb retinal dystrophy
Thursday 25 July 2024
Professor Jacqueline van der Spuy from the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology joins us to discuss the development of treatments for Doyne honeycomb retinal dystrophy, an inherited juvenile macular dystrophy affecting sight from early adulthood. Watch the video below.
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Understanding gene mutations in childhood eye disease
Thursday 25 January 2024
Researcher Roly Megaw sheds light on the devastating impact of RPGR gene mutations, which can cause macular and cone rod dystrophies.
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Inherited macular disease - should I know my gene?
Thursday 28 April 2022
Professor Andrew Webster and genetic counsellor Hannah Knight talk about understanding a genetic diagnosis.
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Macular Society research project: Gene changes in tissue layers
Thursday 27 January 2022
Dr Jamie Ellingford from the University of Manchester discusses his Macular Society-funded project - The Manchester Eye Tissue Repository Genome-Transcriptome Project. The three-year project is focusing on how genetic changes influence the way genes are switched on and off in our eye cells and why some people with these gene changes go onto develop macular disease, while others may not.
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Genetics and the biology of age-related macular degeneration (AMD)
Tuesday 15 June 2021
World-leading age-related macular degeneration (AMD) expert, Gregory Hageman, shares his findings from 30 years of research on genetics and the biology of AMD.
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The role of genetics and age-related macular degeneration (AMD)
Tuesday 16 February 2021
Alasdair Warwick discussed the role genetics plays in age-related macular disease (AMD).
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