# Startup Secretly Working to Gene-Hack Human Baby

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/startup-secretly-working-to-gene-hack-human-baby/
- Published: 2025-11-12T09:45:00-06:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Image credit: Gordon Johnson via Pixabay. Article by Joe Wilkins. Futurism – November 11, 2025. In today’s installment of “hey please don’t do that,” the Wall Street Journal reports that a clandestine startup named Preventive is trying to usher in the first known birth of a genetically-modified baby outside China. 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, […] Click here to view original web page at www.futurism.com Curated by Theresa Wysocki See Full Bio