CGS : Press Room

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Marcy Darnovsky, 1-510-625-0819, ext. 305 or 1-510-913-7714 (mobile)
Email: mdarnovsky[AT]geneticsandsociety[DOT]org

About the Center for Genetics and Society

The Center for Genetics and Society is a nonprofit information and public affairs organization working to encourage responsible uses and effective societal governance of human genetic, reproductive, and biomedical technologies. CGS is a 501(c)3 project of the TidesCenter and is funded by philanthropic foundations and individual contributions.

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Press Releases:

Research cloning development underscores the need for US to prohibit reproductive cloning[Press statement]May 15th, 2013Legislation should be put in place immediately, says public interest group

Public Interest Group Calls on UK to Reject Modifying Genes of Future Generations[Press statement]March 20th, 2013Techniques that would create “three-parent babies” cross a crucial and widely observed ethical and social line; safe alternatives exist for the few who would be candidates

Center for Genetics and Society Announces New Leadership[Media Advisory]January 25th, 2013The Advisory Board of the Center for Genetics and Society announced today that Marcy Darnovsky, PhD, has been chosen as the organization’s new Executive Director and that Diane Tober, PhD, has joined CGS as its new Associate Executive Director.

Public interest group calls on FDA to rule "nuclear genome transfer" unacceptable[Press statement]December 19th, 2012“Nuclear genome transfer” would mean uncontrolled human experimentation on future children and their offspring.

Center for Genetics and Society applauds recommendations for improvements in oversight and governance of California stem cell agency; calls for additional changes[Press statement]December 6th, 2012Given the state’s budgetary problems and CIRM's shortcomings, it would be wrong to ask Californians to give it more public money.

Women’s health and public interest groups warn against putting women’s health at risk in new kind of research cloningCenter for Genetics and Society, Our Bodies Ourselves, Pro-Choice Alliance for Responsible Research, and Alliance for Humane Biotechnology Question Egg Harvesting for Speculative Research October 5th, 2011"We should not put the health of young women at risk, especially to get raw materials for such exploratory investigations.”

Pro-choice women's health and public interest advocates voice concerns regarding fetal gene tests for sex and trait selectionAugust 22nd, 2011Tests raise concerns about the well-being of children, women and families and the prospect of testing for additional traits other than sex.

Public Interest Group Applauds End of UC Berkeley’s Controversial Genetic Testing of Incoming StudentsCenter for Genetics and Society, others previously raised concerns, called for the program’s haltAugust 12th, 2010The University says its researchers will now use students’ genetic samples provided for aggregate analysis only, and will not provide results to individual students.

Public interest group welcomes regulation of direct-to-consumer genetic testsThe Center for Genetics and Society says FDA letters will help protect consumersJune 11th, 2010“Along with other observers, we’ve long said that some of these tests are tantamount to practicing medicine."

Public interest group calls for UC Berkeley to suspend controversial gene tests for incoming studentsMay 19th, 2010CGS is calling for the suspension of a project at the University of California, Berkeley in which incoming freshmen will be asked to provide samples of their own DNA for genetic analysis.

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