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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)
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09:15
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Registration and Coffee |
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Session One
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Novel Treatments for Retinal Disease |
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10:00-10:30
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Update of Gene Therapy Modalities - the RPE65 Trial -
Tony Moore, UCL |
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10:30-11:00
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Stem Cells in the Treatment of Retinal Dystrophies
- Robert McLaren, UCL |
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11:00-11:30
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Opticin: a Vitreous-Derived Anti-Angiogenic? - Paul
Bishop, Manchester |
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11:30-12:30
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Session Two: Unusual Cases from the
Floor |
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12:30-13:45
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Lunch |
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Session Three
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Update on Genetic Testing and Provision of Genetic
Services |
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13:45-14:05
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What the UK GTN can offer Ophthalmology - Jo
Whittaker, Cambridge |
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14:05-14:20
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Update on Genetics of AMD - Andrew
Webster, UCL |
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14:20-14:40
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Should there be Genetic Testing for AMD? Discussion
to be led by Alan Wright, Edinburgh |
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14:40-15:30
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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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