CGS : California

About California Policies & Human Biotechnology

California has been a pioneer in several aspects of policy on new biotechnologies, most notably with the passage in 2004 of Proposition 71, which established the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) and authorized to distribute and oversee $3 billion in public funds to support stem cell research and build research facilities over ten years.

The CIRM has been closely watched by other states and countries. It launched two experiments: the first an experiment in biomedical investigation; the second in its politics and policy. Never before has a state so generously funded an emerging scientific field. And never before has a state been faced with regulating and overseeing a field that combines promising medical research with significant social risks.

Before that, the California Advisory Committee on Human Cloning issued a report that led to a state ban on reproductive cloning. In 2003, a state agency blocked the sale of genetically modified fish as pets. In 2006, the state legislature passed a law providing protections for women who may provide eggs for cloning-based stem cell research.

Grant Reviewer Conflict in $40 Million Round at California Stem Cell Agencyby David Jensen, California Stem Cell ReportMay 21st, 2013An internationally renown scientist Lee Hood violated the conflict of interest policies of the California stem cell agency earlier this year when he was involved in reviewing applications.

There's More to Life Than Freezing Your Eggs[Quotes CGS's Diane Tober]by Jacoba Urist, The AtlanticMay 14th, 2013Suddenly, it seems, everyone is singing the praises of egg freezing as the latest cure for a woman's declining fertility, but it isn't quite the panacea the media would have you believe.

Modesto Woman Gets 5 Years in Prison for Surrogacy Scamby Carlos Saucedo, ABC LocalMay 13th, 2013The owner of a Modesto surrogate agency accused of a $2 million fraud scheme has been sentenced in federal court.

Made-to-Order Embryos: You Want to Sell What?!by Jessica Cussins, Biopolitical TimesMay 2nd, 2013The fact that a fertility clinic can own and sell made-to-order embryos for profit raises novel concerns that should not be collapsed into predefined frameworks used to assess other assisted reproductive technologies.

California Lawmakers Consider Paying Women to Provide Eggs for Researchby Diane Tober, Biopolitical TimesMay 2nd, 2013A new bill claims to be motivated by concerns for women’s equity and for advancing responsible medical research, but in fact undermines both.

Which Comes First: The Woman or Her Eggs? [Quotes CGS's Marcy Darnovsky]by Ruha Benjamin, Huffington PostApril 17th, 2013If we're going to support a "right to stem cell research," then we need to guarantee a right to health in the form of serious investment in egg donor safety.

Should researchers pay for women's eggs?[Op-Ed]by Ruha Benjamin, San Francisco ChronicleApril 4th, 2013Could compensation induce women of modest means to undergo the risks of egg extraction?

Privacy and Progress Inspires California Genetic Information Privacy Billby Nicolle Strand, Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical IssuesMarch 12th, 2013A California State Senator introduced a bill declaring the intent of the legislature to enact new, comprehensive genetic privacy protections in the state.

Whole Foods to Require Labeling of GMOs, Eventuallyby Pete Shanks, Biopolitical TimesMarch 12th, 2013For the first time, a major national grocery chain has committed to labeling GMO foods.

California Bill Seeks Pay for Women Who Donate Eggs for Researchby Melody Gutierrez, The Sacramento BeeMarch 10th, 2013A recently introduced bill in California seeks to overturn existing policies that limit payments to women who provide eggs for research to reimbursement for their expenses.

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