We all have a bucketlist – I don’t actually call mine that, but I do have one. One of the top 5 things is to see the fall colours that Canada is famous for.
You see — I don’t see them. I have red-green colour blindness – it’s a pain with traffic lights, a lot of professions are closed to me and I can even dress right.
But gene therapy for humans doesn’t seem that far off. They’ve got it down in Monkey. By that I mean they can use insert genes that help guide the cone cells to become “proper” cone cells. They are using human genes in the Monkeys so they have the right genes even.
To me, if this does actually occur, this is wonderful gift far more important than any work of art, any opera, any form of creativity — it’ll let me SEE the creativity of thousands of years of human works.
For now tho, I can’t. If you want to read the full article, here ya go.
Tags: colour blindness, monkey, Toronto