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Robert Henderson

@theyeguys

Consultant Paediatric Ophthalmologist and Vitreo-Retinal Surgeon

 Great Ormond St & Moorfields
retinaconsultants.london
Joined May 2011
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@fasc1nate5 Feb 2025
Why "tick-tock" sounds correct, but "tock tick" does not.
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Dave Goulson@DaveGoulson23 Jan 2025
Hurray! Some good news for bees at last. Our new government has followed the science, and refused the application by sugar beet farmers to use banned neonicotinoid pesticides.
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Thrilled to share our new paper exploring novel child-friendly outcome metrics for CRB1 retinopathies. @MariyaMoosajee @Vijay_Tailor @BethanyElora @j_greenwood @LowVisionNews @theyeguys @fightforsightUK @EyeCharity @UCLeye #crb1team
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@anacatalinarod7 @MariyaMoosajee @UCLeye: Assessing Contrast Sensitivity Function in CRB1-Retinopathies: Exploring Child-Friendly Measures of Visual Function doi.org/10.1167/tvst.13.12.3… Adv in Cellular & Molecular Pathology of Inherited Retinal Degenerations bit.ly/3YrDQeO
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I just discovered I was gifted 2 x £5 premium bonds back in 1980. My heart lifting at the potential windfall sitting there, I manage to get the login details. I open the account and find I have the enormous unclaimed total of…
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Eight months after the Eye first revealed how unscrupulous medics and private clinics were flogging dodgy gold-infused "stem cell" treatments at rip-off prices, regulators have stepped in. Full story online and in the latest issue of the mag: private-eye.co.uk/in-the-bac…
Private Eye | Miscarriage of justice : Custody battle

Private Eye | Miscarriage of justice : Custody battle

DANNY Major was a rookie police constable in 2003 when he claims he was fitted up by colleagues for a vicious pasting doled out to a drunken suspect being held in a Leeds custody suite.

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Look what’s coming to our refreshed website very soon #MapOfUs each red & white heart is a person with #UsherSyndrome each blue an organisation with an association to the condition - if you aren’t on it already soon you can #PlotYourDot online #UshAwareness
A picture of the UK showing a plethora of red/white hearts each demonstrating a person with usher and blue hearts showing an organisation associated with usher syndrome.

ALT A picture of the UK showing a plethora of red/white hearts each demonstrating a person with usher and blue hearts showing an organisation associated with usher syndrome.

A zoomed in portion of the UK showing more clearly the red/white hearts and blue ones to give an idea of numbers in areas.

ALT A zoomed in portion of the UK showing more clearly the red/white hearts and blue ones to give an idea of numbers in areas.

Like the second image this is a zoomed in version of UK map showing just how many people with usher syndrome and where they are.

ALT Like the second image this is a zoomed in version of UK map showing just how many people with usher syndrome and where they are.

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“She has the best vision that she could possibly have, and that is all down to the team at GOSH. If they hadn’t acted when they did, she might have lost her vision.” Jude, proud mum of twins Iona and Beth. 💜 This #WorldSightDay, meet Iona and Beth… 1/2
Beth and Iona are sat outside on a wooden seat next to each other smiling, with their arms around each others shoulders. They are wearing matching denim dungarees, their hair is styled in pigtails and are wearing glasses.

ALT Beth and Iona are sat outside on a wooden seat next to each other smiling, with their arms around each others shoulders. They are wearing matching denim dungarees, their hair is styled in pigtails and are wearing glasses.

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Because the data mostly came from one person, the genomic diversity was very limited. To be representative, a reference genome sequence needs to encompass many more sequences, especially sequences from people all over the world. This way genomic findings can help all populations!
A graphic of a tube map that shows the increased global diversity with the pangenome, which includes 47 completed human genome references.

ALT A graphic of a tube map that shows the increased global diversity with the pangenome, which includes 47 completed human genome references.

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This beaver was orphaned and rescued as a newborn, Watch the incredible instinct to build a dam, even though it’s never seen its parents build one..
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Amazing👏💕
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Testing the #genome in #ophthalmology course, 5 July. Topics include structural eye disease, modern genetic testing, gene-directed treatments, consent and ethics, plus much more. Book now bit.ly/3GAkD1G
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@MarinaPurkiss18 Oct 2022
I can totally understand why some people are terrified of a Labour Govt… Listen to the state of this …bloody awful.
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✨🇬🇧🌟👑🌟 🧐 Happening at Berlin's most famous landmark, right now.... 💫 The Brandenburg Gate 'wrapped in the coloured lights' of Britain's Union Jack🇬🇧 🌟🙏 Honouring and remembering HM Queen Elizabeth II 🌟👑🌟🙏🌟🇬🇧🌟
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Laurie@Laurie19847 Jul 2022
Oh my, this is too perfect
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Two years ago today, the UK entered lockdown for the first time. Since then? 💔 186k Covid deaths 💔 1500 Covid deaths of healthcare workers 💔 A national trauma, unfinished & ongoing Please take a moment today to ask someone how they are - really are. Thank you 💙
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@mrjamesob3 Mar 2022
This is quite a thread.
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@carolecadwalla3 Mar 2022
NEW: Boris Johnson awards Gavin Williamson a knighthood. Why *now*? In middle of Russian crisis? He was appointed defence secretary in Nov 2017 at exact moment, FBI revealed its Trump-Russia investigation began in London. Is this relevant? 1/ theguardian.com/politics/202…
Gavin Williamson awarded knighthood by Boris Johnson

Gavin Williamson awarded knighthood by Boris Johnson

MP presided over exams debacle after being sacked as defence secretary for alleged leak

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My biology concept (and insane jargon) for the day: ‘thelytokous parthenogenesis’. The production of a female daughter by an unmated female worker bee. Single gene driven recombination of haploid cells at Meiosis II. Amazing. #lalinepaul #thebees #beebiology #Genetics
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