Germline genetic modification threatens to make such errors permanent. The UK scientific and charitable organizations advocating mitochondrial research are proud of the permissive legislative framework that has enabled them to establish an “international lead.”
像一切人类努力一样，科学也有可能铸成错误。生殖细胞基因改良可能造成错误永久化。主张进行线粒体研究的英国科学和慈善组织对使得他们“处于世界领先地位”的宽容的法律规则引以为傲。但子孙后代完全可能对人类生殖细胞基因改良产生完全不同的看法。