We're still alive...

Jul 10, 2014

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We're still alive...

SailzaNoel, KassaCraven, and 5 others like this.

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Jonathan Czeck

Hi. Is there any rough estimate as to when the Vitamin A2 will arrive to ingest?

Jul 28, 20141

Gilles ReichertBacker

How do the Farnsworth Munsell scores look like for the moment? Do you suffer from other side-effects from the vitamin A1 restriction?

Jul 14, 20140

Gabriel LicinaResearcher

The Farnsworth Munsell scores are continuing to stay at a steady point, so there seems to be no noticeable colour sight loss. All subjects are using a lot of sunscreen and trying to stay out of the light. We have all experienced an increase in nightblindness, but we don't have a really good way to quantify it at this point. Basically, we've all started tripping over stuff that was never an issue before, or having trouble reading in dim light. Beyond that, everyone seems to have standard health. One subject is currently in Mexico and is suffering some of commonly associated illnesses that come with travel, but nothing that is connected with the diet.

Jul 14, 20141

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Can we biologically extend the range of human vision into the near infrared?

We have developed a protocol to augment human sight to see into the near infrared range through human formation of porphyropsin, the protein complex which grants infrared vision to freshwater fish.

Retinal, or Vitamin A (A1), which is found bound to opsin proteins is a keystone of the visual pathway. The cone cells are granted sharp color vision by the complex photopsin. The rod cells which provide us with night vision and recognition of movement do so utilizing rhodopsin. Both of the complexes consist of a type of protein bound to retinal. Porphyropsin differs from this in that it doesn't use retinal, but rather a derivation called 3,4-dehydroretinol, or Vitamin A2 (A2).

The human body is fully capable of metabolizing and using A2; unfortunately the proteins which allow for transport through cell membranes have nearly 4 times the affinity for A1 compared to A2. We theorize that this can be overcome through a stringent Vitamin A1 restricted diet, supplemented with Vitamin A2.