Marcy Darnovsky

Marcy Darnovsky, PhD, speaks and writes widely on the politics of human biotechnology, focusing on their social justice and public interest implications. Her articles have appeared in The New York Times, Nature, The Guardian, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, Harvard Law and Policy Review, Democracy, New Scientist and many others. She has appeared on dozens of television, radio, and online news shows and has been interviewed and cited in hundreds of news and magazine articles. She has worked as an organizer and advocate in a range of environmental and progressive political movements, and taught courses at Sonoma State University and at California State University East Bay. Her Ph.D. is from the History of Consciousness program at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

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In the News

A baby stiffly lays in a cardboard box, surrounded by package bubble wrap.
By Marcy Darnovsky & Elliot Hosman, GeneWatch | 03.31.2017

As of this year, the creation of genetically engineered and enhanced future human beings is no longer a scientific hypothetical...

A white infant stares directly, with blue eyes. The baby's mouth is slightly opened.
By Marcy Darnovsky, Bioscience Technology | 02.27.2017

Over the past few years, researchers have developed a set of powerful new techniques for altering and synthesizing DNA. These...

Embryo, with 5 visible cells.
By Rob Stein, NPR [cites Marcy Darnovsky] | 02.14.2017

Scientists could be allowed to make modifications in human DNA that can be passed down through subsequent generations, the National...

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