The Center for Genetics and Society (CGS) is a non-profit information and public affairs organization based in Berkeley, California, United States.
This organization tends to particularly criticize proposals concerning reproductive human cloning and germline genetic modification—both uses of technology colloquially considered 'socially irresponsible.'
The organization's advisory board includes Francine Coeytaux, Dorothy Roberts, Kavita Ramdas, Milton Reynolds, and Alexandra Stern.
The Center for Genetics and Society was founded in October 2001 under the leadership of Richard A. Hayes, Ph.D., to advocate for social oversight and control of new human biotechnologies.
A primary focus of the organization has been to alert civil society constituencies to the challenges posed by new human genetic technologies and assist them in discussions and debates about appropriate regulation.