Diabetic beagles were given gene therapy in the first study "to demonstrate a long-term cure for diabetes in a large animal model using gene therapy."
OK, so you'll be the size of a parade float, but parts of your body will not be rotting off and you won't go blind. So fair trade.
Mountain Dew launched the "Dub The Dew" campaign to crowdsource names for their green apple flavored soda. 4chan had some suggestions.