This... Worries me.

"I'd like to mention one interesting experiment concerned with super-vision and dietary vitamin A deprivation. One way to improve vision--even if the vision system is currently quantum-limited--is to absorb more quanta. I understand that during the war an effort was made to develop super-vision in the infrared by substituting vitamin A2 for vitamin Al in the diet, which should give a redward shift in the visual pigment absorption spectra. Experiments were done in Britain during World War II, but the project turned out to be infeasible with humans because it was difficult to induce sufficient vitamin A [deprivation] without endangering the general health of the observer. . ."

Anyway, we are back on track. I've found out I can set up a 'Limited Liability Company' with a PO Box, and a domain name and this should be enough to get past any chemical companies scrutiny 'legally'.

Some more research on the dangers of this is going to be required though. I assumed that vitamin A2 would be usable by the rest of the body in place of A1 because of the similar chemical structure. I guess not.

I'd really like to use the freedom of information act to acquire the data from the original 1940s experiments, but unfortunately I don't know what project name it was under. If anyone happens to know, please leave a comment.

Expect a bit of a delay for the next update. I'll be 'dealing with something' for the next two months, and unable to continue any research or make any progress.

Another dead end.

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They wont even give me a fucking quote unless I have some kind of legitimate backing.

Here we go...

So, I've found a company that offers dehydroretinol for therapeutic purposes for 'Darier's Disease' at 95% purity.

I've asked them for a quote.... Wish me luck...

Update

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darier%27s_disease

I'm back, and there's actually some hope for this experiment after all.