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Medical researchers want to create embryos that are mostly human, but which contain a little animal material, because they think this will help them to understand diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. It will be illegal to implant these embryos in a womb, or to study them for more than 14 days. Do you think these experiments should or should not be permitted?
| Should | Should not | Don't know | |
| General population | 50 | 30 | 20 |
| - Men | 58 | 26 | 17 |
| - Women | 43 | 33 | 24 |
| - 18-34 | 49 | 31 | 20 |
| - 35-54 | 50 | 31 | 19 |
| - 55+ | 50 | 27 | 23 |
| - class AB (Managerial and professional) | 60 | 23 | 17 |
| - class C1 (Supervisory and clerical) | 47 | 34 | 19 |
| - class C2 (Skilled manual) | 47 | 31 | 22 |
| - class DE (Unskilled manual and unemployed) | 45 | 31 | 24 |
| - Labour | 53 | 23 | 24 |
| - Conservative | 57 | 26 | 17 |
| - Liberal Democrats | 46 | 26 | 28 |
- Conducted April 4 to April 6, 2008
- 1502 adults aged 18+
- Source: "The Times Poll - April 2008," Populus, http://www.populus.co.uk/the-times-the-times-poll-april-2008-060408.html