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Re:Ask HN: I'm a software engineer going blind, how should I... by dundercoder on Monday April 20, 2020 @12:23AM (#22921075)
I have two mutations on USH2A. It would be spectacular if someone could repair the whole gene.
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Re:Ask HN: I'm a software engineer going blind, how should I... by advectus on Monday April 20, 2020 @01:22AM (#22921340)
Really appreciate both of your stories. Any chance you could share the specific mutation? Such a difficult to understand condition given that both of you have one or more mutations in USH2A but have different stories around hearing loss
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Re:Ask HN: I'm a software engineer going blind, how should I... by foofoo2 on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @03:50PM (#22949479)
Photobiomodulation seems promising

PHOTOBIOMODULATION IN INHERITED RETINAL DEGENERATION (2012)

"A growing body of evidence indicates that exposure of tissue to low energy photon irradiation in the far-red to near-infrared (NIR) range of the spectrum, (photobiomodulation or PBM) acts on mitochondria-mediated signaling pathways to attenuate oxidative stress and prevent cell death. "

https://dc.uwm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1007&context=...

I have no experience with it, just lots of reading during this downtime.

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