International Day of Persons with Disabilities

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Disability inclusion is an essential part in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). According to WHO, around 1.3 billion people or 16% of the total world’s population experience disability of any kind. There is an increasing trend in these numbers because of the rise of non-communicable diseases and higher life expectancy. The International Day of…

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World Sight Day 2023

Around one billion people in the world suffer due to an untreated or preventable vision loss. To focus global attention on visual impairment, blindness and significance of eye health, the World Sight Day was observed for the first time on 12th October 2000. This day is observed on the second Thursday of October every year. It…

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Belite Bio Trial update

The Dragon Study Phase 3, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Masked, Placebo-Controlled Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Tinlarebant in the Treatment of Stargardt Disease in Adolescent Subjects. The closing date for recruitment to the Phase 3 Belite Bio Trial is due to finish end of June 2023 and the age range to extend up to…

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Retina UK Professional and Annual Conference

Retina UK are holding their Professionals and Annual Conference at the University of Westminster Marylebone Campus, London on Friday 23rd June and Saturday 24th June respectively. These events are face-to-face as well as virtual, and are free to attend. We will have a stand on both days so please come and meet us. Details about…

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Points of Light award

We are delighted to announce that the founder of Stargardt’s Connected, Bhavna Tailor, has been awarded the Prime Minister’s Points of Light Award in recognition for setting up Stargardt’s Connected and for helping to raise awareness of Stargardt’s and supporting the community. Stargardt’s Disease is a rare inherited eye condition affecting approximately 1 in 10,000…

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Professor Frans P. M. Cremers

Professor of Ophthalmogenetics in the Department of Human Genetics in the Radboudumc in Nijmegen, The Netherlands Professor Cremers obtained his doctorate in Nijmegen in 1991, entitled ‘Positional cloning of a candidate gene for choroideremia gene’, under the supervision of Prof. B. Wieringa and Prof. H-H. Ropers. He headed the Division of Molecular Genetics from 1992…

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Brian Morris

It is with great sadness that we announce the death of our oldest Stargardt’s Connected member, Brian Morris who died earlier this year at the age of 92. He was a regular member of our Adult Zoom sessions and his family reported that he enjoyed them thoroughly. Brian received his diagnosis of Stargardt’s Disease in…

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Running the London Marathon

picture of Greg running on a path with woodlands on either side of him.

Thank you so much Greg George for running the 2021 London Marathon on October 3rd to raise funds for Stargardt’s Connected. We are the first and only UK solely Stargardt’s Charity and are committed to raising money for research and support. Please show your support and share and donate if you can. Thank you! Donate…

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