Increased awareness and decreased acceptance of genome-editing technology: The impact of the Chinese twin babies.

Genome-editing technology has become increasingly known in recent years, and the 2018 news of genome-edited twins in China had a particularly significant impact on public awareness. In the present study we investigate the effect of Japanese media coverage on public opinions of this technology. To id...

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Main Authors: Daiki Watanabe, Yoko Saito, Mai Tsuda, Ryo Ohsawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0238128