Incredibly good reasons for extensive review of human research can be found here, for the skeptical or curious: https://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/resources/bio

Incredibly good reasons for extensive review of human research can be found here, for the skeptical or curious: https://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/resources/bioethics/timeline/index.cfm https://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/resources/bioethics/timel... Another more recent one: https://abcnews.go.com/Health/Healthday/Story?id=4741269&page=1 https://abcnews.go.com/Health/Healthday/Story?id=4741269&pag... More examples aren't hard to find at all, including the case last year of the gene-edited girls: https://gizmodo.com/chinese-scientist-who-created-crispr-babies-could-face-1831553751 https://gizmodo.com/chinese-scientist-who-created-crispr-bab... When you've got a burning question in mind and visions of tremendous benefits for all humanity (or saving some academic fields from themselves) it seems like a good idea to get your ideas reviewed.