The majority (84%) of the Czech Republic has never heard of the CRISPR/Cas9 method.
A more than one-half majority (60%) of the Czech public agrees with the possibility of using the CRISPR/Cas9 method for medical purposes. The Czech public least agrees with the possibility oof using this method to improve the performance of athletes (66% do not agree with this idea).
On the matter of treating hereditary diseases, most respondents (37%) agreed with using the CRISPR/Cas9 method only in medically justified cases and on the condition that none of the patient’s altered genetic information be passed on to any offspring.
- Download the full press release here: OR211029_ENG.pdf
- All reports from this survey: Potraviny_2021
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