There is an incurable genetic disease in humans called retinitis pigmentosa. This disease destroys the retina over time, leaving one out of every 3,500 Americans visually impaired or blind. A researcher at the University of Missouri-Columbia discovered a similar disease in Abyssinian cats and is working on a fix for both felines and humans. In both cats and humans, the retina is the thin film at the back of the eye that makes sight possible. If the retina is destroyed, you can’t see. Plain and simple. What retinitis pigmentosa does is attack and destroy the rods and cones — the … Continue reading →