EGG-UK 2006 Meeting - 21st February 2006

Details

Date: Tuesday 21st February 2006

Location: NOWGEN Centre, Manchester

Time: 10:00 - 15:30

Registration:  09:15 - 10:00

 

Programme (produced by Graeme Black, Hon Con Clin Genet/Ophth)

 

 09:15

Registration and Coffee

 Session One

Novel Treatments for Retinal Disease

 10:00-10:30

Update of Gene Therapy Modalities - the RPE65 Trial - Tony Moore, UCL

 10:30-11:00

Stem Cells in the Treatment of Retinal Dystrophies - Robert McLaren, UCL

 11:00-11:30

Opticin: a Vitreous-Derived Anti-Angiogenic? - Paul Bishop, Manchester

 11:30-12:30

Session Two:  Unusual Cases from the Floor

 12:30-13:45

Lunch

Session Three

Update on Genetic Testing and Provision of Genetic Services

 13:45-14:05

What the UK GTN can offer Ophthalmology - Jo Whittaker, Cambridge

 14:05-14:20

Update on Genetics of AMD - Andrew Webster, UCL

 14:20-14:40

Should there be Genetic Testing for AMD?  Discussion to be led by Alan Wright, Edinburgh

 14:40-15:30

Update of Genetic Testing

(i) XLRP/ADRP - Niki Hart-Holden, Manchester, James O'Sullivan, Manchester

(ii) Open Discussion:  Who Should Pay for Genetic Testing? - to be chaired by Susie Downes

 

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