Hi Rocky. I was replying to another poster who said maybe they had regained all of their vision. I definitely understand that the rods and cones are destroyed, which is why there may be a small amount of visual acuity regained. In fact, I believe you were the "another poster" who I referenced. I've also gone over a few times on that this is a safety study. I know very well what to expect from the trial. I also know, however, that saying that there will never be improvement in visual acuity at all is also falese, they've seen it in 100% of the lab rats and mice. Since they say that embryonic stem cells can basically reprogram into any type of cell in the body, I don't think it's out of the realm of possibility that there could've been some regeneration of the rods and cones. Maybe it's impossible, I know.
What I'm hoping for is that the treatment is proven safe, they can determine the proper dosage and and maybe some degree of efficacy becomes apparent as well. I'm clearly not expecting people to regain most of their vision and I hope that the first paragraph of the post to which you responded shows that. I know that the intent of this treatment isn't to cure the blind. I used to think it was possible but you set me straight on that a long time ago. I'm not so sure all of the other posters here do understand that though.
