Public attitudes in Japan toward the creation and use of gametes derived from human-induced pluripotent stem cells.
Future Sci OA
; 7(10): FSO755, 2021 Dec.
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in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-34840812
ABSTRACT
AIM:
To ascertain to what extent the Japanese general public accept the creation and use of in vitro derived (IVD)-gametes derived from human-induced pluripotent stem cells. MATERIALS &METHODS:
We conducted an online survey and obtained answers from 3096 respondents.RESULTS:
78.6% of the respondents answered that they would accept the creation and use of IVD-gametes for research purposes, 51.7% answered that they would accept the creation and use of embryos with IVD-gametes for research purposes, and 25.9% answered that they would accept childbirth using embryos with IVD-gametes.DISCUSSION:
The results that approximately half of the respondents answered that they would accept the creation of embryos with IVD-gametes, which has not been allowed in the current Japanese research guidelines, is astonishing.
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MEDLINE
Type of study:
Qualitative_research
Language:
En
Journal:
Future Sci OA
Year:
2021
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Article
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