Glorious!!!

Check out this excerpt from a kick-ass article from Wired.com:

Gene Therapy Restores Sight

With the help of gene therapy, two people who once were blind now can see.

The individuals -- their identities remain confidential -- are participants in an early-stage clinical trial of gene therapy for Leber's Congenital Amaurosis, a rare and untreatable form of congenital blindness.

Though the trial was designed to test the therapy's safety rather than its efficacy, its benefits were so impressive that the researchers decided to publicize their results.