When I was eight, I got my eyes checked they were like, yeah, you have retinitis pigmentosa.

当我时候，我检查了我眼睛，他们说，是，你患有色素性视网膜炎。

As a teenager, I was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, or RP, which is a degenerative retinal condition.

十几时候，我诊断出患有色素性视网膜炎（RP），这是视网膜退行性疾病。

He was not born blind, but a disease called retinitis pigmentosa has made his vision progressively cloudier.

他并非天生失明，但为视网膜色素变性疾病使他视力逐渐变得模糊。

Their curiosity paid offbecause we are now learning that this newly uncovered biologyis operative in a form of blindness called retinitis pigmentosa, which is caused by a different misshapen proteinaccumulating in cells in the eye.

他们好奇心得到了回报， 因为我们现在了解到， 这新发现生物学现象与称为视网膜色素变性失明有关，这失明是由眼睛细胞中积累不同畸形蛋白质引起。