New gene-editing technology partially restores vision in blind animals

The big news here is that the researchers 'targeted a DNA-repair cellular pathway called NHEJ (for "non-homologous end-joining")' so that they could actually alter the DNA of non-dividing cells. Previous techniques only worked for dividing cells, such as those in skin or the gut.

The new technique (they call it HITI, or homology-independent targeted integration) opens up the possiblity to alter the dna of any cell in the body.

If thats not hacker news, I dont know what is.