Australia: Cloning
By Biotechnology Australia,
Biotechnology Australia
| 01. 01. 2007
Are these technologies likely to improve our way of life in the future, have no effect or make things worse?
| |
Improve our way of life in the future |
Have no effect |
Make things worse |
Don't know |
| Cloning |
28 |
11 |
48 |
13 |
Perceived risk
| |
Yes |
No |
Don't know |
| using stem cells cloned from the patient's own cells |
34 |
63 |
3 |
Acceptability
| |
Yes |
No |
Don't know |
| using stem cells cloned from the patient's own cells |
91 |
7 |
2 |
- Survey population: 1,067 Australians between 18 and 75 years of age.
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