词条 | Council for Responsible Genetics | |||||||||||||||||
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The Council for Responsible Genetics (CRG) is a nonprofit NGO with a focus on biotechnology. HistoryThe Council for Responsible Genetics was founded in 1983 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. An early voice concerned about the social and ethical implications of modern genetic technologies, CRG organized a 1985 Congressional Briefing and a 1986 panel of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, both focusing on the potential dangers of genetically engineered biological weapons.[1] Francis Boyle was asked to draft legislation setting limits on the use of genetic engineering, leading to the Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989.[2] CRG was the first organization to compile documented cases of genetic discrimination, laying the intellectual groundwork for the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA).[1] The organization created both a Genetic Bill of Rights and a Citizen's Guide to Genetically Modified Food. Also notable are CRG's support for the "Safe Seeds Campaign" (for avoiding gene flow from genetically engineered to non-GE seed) and the organization of a US conference on Forensic DNA Databanks and Racial Disparities in the Criminal Justice System.[1] In 2010 CRG led a successful campaign to roll back a controversial student genetic testing program at the University of California, Berkeley.[3] In 2011, CRG led a campaign to successfully enact [CalGINA] in California, which extended genetic privacy and nondiscrimination protections to life, disability and long term care insurance, mortgages, lending and other areas. CRG has issued five anthologies of commentaries:
CRG "fosters public debate about the social, ethical and environmental implications of genetic technologies." They list three central principles:[1]
In 2007, CRG hosted a retreat to refresh the mission statement and determine goals for the future of the organization. The outcome was that CRG should:
GeneWatch{{Redirect|GeneWatch|the not-for-profit policy research and public interest group|GeneWatch UK}}The CRG publishes GeneWatch, America's first and (according to CRG in 2009) only magazine dedicated to monitoring biotechnology's social, ethical and environmental consequences. The publication covers a broad spectrum of issues, from genetically modified food to biological weapons, genetic privacy and discrimination, reproductive technology, and human cloning.[1] Established in 1983,[4] the publication won the Utne Independent Press Award for General Excellence in the category of newsletters in 2006.[5] People
FundingA major source of CRG's funding is the Ford Foundation, which provided $420,000 in grants during 2005-2007.[8] See also
References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 {{cite web | title = Council for Responsible Genetics | url = http://www.councilforresponsiblegenetics.org/ | accessdate = 2009-05-29 }} 2. ^{{cite web | title = Broadening Our Perspective | url = http://www.ratical.org/ratville/CAH/AOPof911p06.html | accessdate = 2009-05-30 }} 3. ^https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-08-12/uc-berkeley-backs-off-gene-test-program-for-students-blocked-by-state.html/ 4. ^{{Cite web |url=https://dl.tufts.edu/catalog/tufts:RCR01007 |title=Council for Responsible Genetics |website=Tufts Digital Library |language=en |access-date=2018-09-17}} 5. ^{{cite web| title = Winner of the Utne Independent Press Award for General Excellence: Newsletters | url = http://www.utne.com/2007-01-01/GeneralExcellencenewsletters.aspx | publisher = Utne Reader | date = January 2007 | accessdate = 2008-09-11 }} 6. ^http://www.councilforresponsiblegenetics.org/Help/Directors.aspx 7. ^"Francis Boyle", University of Illinois, Accessed June 16, 2009. 8. ^{{cite web|title = Grant Search Results | url = http://www.fordfound.org/grants/database/searchresults?keywords=Council+for+Responsible+Genetics | publisher = Ford Foundation | accessdate = 2008-09-11 }} External links
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