#regulatory-gaps

#regulatory-gaps

First, a little background on human gene-hacking, also known as germline gene editing. On top of being wildly unethical - and we're talking Frankenstein levels here - human gene-editing has also been strictly prohibited in the US by an act of Congress. However, and this is a huge caveat, the congressional ban only affects research done with federal funds, meaning privately-funded germline gene editing is technically allowed, though anyone caught doing it runs the risk of becoming a pariah in the scientific community.