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

当我八岁的时候，我检查了我的眼睛，他们说，是的，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.

十几岁的时候，我被诊断出患有色素性视网膜炎（RP），这是一种视网膜退行性疾病。

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

他并非天生失明，但一种名为视网膜色素变性的疾病使他的视力逐渐变得模糊。

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.

他们的好奇心得到了回报， 因为我们现在了解到， 这种新发现的生物学现象与一种称为视网膜色素变性的失明有关，这种失明是由眼睛细胞中积累的一种不同的畸形蛋白质引起的。