I am Dr Zhanhan Tu – an ophthalmologist, researcher and teacher based in the Ulverscroft Eye Unit at the University of Leicester. For the last ten years I have been working on normal and pathological eye development in infants and children, using optical...
For World Book Day author Emily Ann Davison discusses her new book – Every Bunny is a Yoga Bunny – and how retinoblastoma has impacted story time over her lifetime. I was ten weeks old when I was diagnosed with Bilateral Retinoblastoma. It wasn’t a huge...
A mum and dad are urging other parents to look out for the tell-tale signs of eye cancer after their 14-month-old son lost his eye through retinoblastoma, a rare eye cancer that typically affects children under the age of six. Dad Tom...
This International Day of Women & Girls in Science Nicola O’Donnell tells us about her CHECT-funded PhD looking at producing a resource for teenagers and young adults who have had retinoblastoma. If you are a teen or young adult in the UK who has had...
As part of a research project funded by CHECT, Dr Carmel McConville talks through her teams’ latest breakthrough in understanding the mutational landscape of retinoblastoma, paving the way for the development of new possible treatments. The growth of a cancer is...
CHECT is delighted to announce our latest new retinoblastoma research project. Headed up by Professor Shin-Ichi Ohnuma at University College London, the project aims to form the basis for a possible new treatment for retinoblastoma. Although current methods are...
