A global social media survey of attitudes to human genome editing

McCaughey, T; Sanfilippo, PG; Gooden, GEC; Budden, DM; Li, F; Fenwick, E; Rees, G; MacGregor, C; Si, Lei; Chen, C; Liang, HH; Baldwin, T; Pebay, A; Hewitt, Alexander

A global social media survey of attitudes to human genome editing

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posted on 2023-05-18, 19:39 authored by McCaughey, T, Sanfilippo, PG, Gooden, GEC, Budden, DM, Li, F, Fenwick, E, G Rees, MacGregor, C, Lei SiLei Si, Chen, C, Liang, HH, Baldwin, T, Pebay, A, Alexander HewittAlexander Hewitt

Ongoing breakthroughs with CRISPR/Cas-based editing could potentially revolutionize modern medicine, but there are many questions to resolve about the ethical implications for its therapeutic application. We conducted a worldwide online survey of over 12,000 people recruited via social media to gauge attitudes toward this technology and discuss our findings here.

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Cell Stem Cell

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18

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5

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569-572

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1934-5909

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Menzies Institute for Medical Research

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Cell Press

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United States

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A global social media survey of attitudes to human genome editing

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