UC Berkeley gene therapy helps blind mice gain sight, could be used to cure blindness

"A team of scientists at UC Berkeley used a breakthrough gene therapy to help blind mice gain sight, and some on the team think the same therapy could eventually be used to help cure blindness in humans.

A month after the team injected a gene for a green-light receptor into the eyes of blind mice, they showed signs of gaining sight, such as being able to identify and navigate around obstacles nearly as easily as mice without vision problems. The results of the study were published in Nature on March 15."