But it leaves things a bit murkier for anyone else who wants to turn a buck with gene editing.
There are concerns about how gene editing could negatively shape attitudes towards people with inherited disabilities.
What we are referring to here is gene editing.
We are prepared to work with the scientific and medical communities to achieve a comprehensive understanding of human gene editing and its implications.
The decision was supposed to declare ownership of the rights to the revolutionary gene editing technique.
That's great for those groups (and their spin-off, for-profit gene editing companies with exclusive licenses).
Not every scientific study can be about weighty topics, like gravity waves or gene editing.
Lawmakers might need to get involved, as there could be legal implications of gene editing.
