Counsyl

Counsyl's mission is to scale up the Jewish community's successful campaign of universal carrier screening for Tay-Sachs, which vanquished the disease by 2003 (Using Genetic Tests, Ashkenazi Jews Vanquish a Disease, The New York Times). To do this, we seek to both make preventive carrier testing universally accessible and to use our resources to find cures and treatments for families suffering from genetic disease.

The organization was founded by social entrepreneurs and philanthropists with the audacious belief that every child deserves a chance in life. It is something new, born of the realization that cutting-edge science and market forces can actually increase equality and promote social justice. It is a cause, a campaign to finally end the needless suffering of preventable genetic disease. And most of all, it is you. Call us idealistic, but we believe that everyone loves their children and will do the right thing when it comes to safeguarding their future.