TJ
Когда Прибывает Темнота (when darkness comes); my second installment for RP Awareness Month. I was really struggling for new ideas and wanted to do something different, but as we are approaching the end of February, I've decided to just get on with it and do something.

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Feb 25, 2024 at 10:55amWeb
Show threadDavid ShukenFeb 25, 2024
I used IR with film before. Not digital though. My dad has a friend who has that disease that first affects side vision and then closes in to total blindness. I forgot the name of the illness. They are working on gene therapy to fix it.
Show threadTJFeb 25, 2024
yes, this is the same disease that I have. Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP)
Show threadDavid ShukenFeb 25, 2024
I used IR with film before. Not digital though. My dad has a friend who has that disease that first affects side vision and then closes in to total blindness. I forgot the name of the illness. They are working on gene therapy to fix it.
Show threadDavid ShukenFeb 25, 2024
I used IR with film before. Not digital though. My dad has a friend who has that disease that first affects side vision and then closes in to total blindness. I forgot the name of the illness. They are working on gene therapy to fix it.
Show threadDavid ShukenFeb 26, 2024
Hi TJ,

Hopefully there will be a cure soon for those who have it and as a prevention measure as well.

I am dyslexic and have adhd and it’s more of society and how it’s viewed than how I experience it.

Dave
Show threadTJFeb 26, 2024
yeah, it's genetic though - research and experimentation is still going on but it's a long way to fix it.
Show threadDavid ShukenFeb 27, 2024
Hi YJ, I think that gene therapy is changing the genes with a gene drive, a non-active virus to get into the target cells. I guess it’s very early stages now with research.
Show threadTJFeb 27, 2024
yup indeed - we contacted a hospital in UK long ago to check and they are indeed doing their research and experimentation on it but it is still early, and also the gene strain that they are working on is different than the one we have (which causes RP)