Although a majority of US citizens remain supportive, opposition to biotechnology is on the rise.
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Funding for this project was provided by the US National Science Foundation, Ethics and Values Studies program (directed by Rachelle D. Hollander), and by the Office of the Vice President for Research, Texas A&M University (Robert A. Kennedy). Questionnaire design was facilitated by the cooperation of the International Research Group on Biotechnology and the Public, coordinated by George Gaskell at the London School of Economics, and in particular with the generous assistance of Edna Einsiedel at the University of Calgary. Texas A&M graduate students Godfrey Li (sociology) and Li Jin (journalism) acted as research assistants for the analysis of these data.
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Priest, S. US public opinion divided over biotechnology?. Nat Biotechnol 18, 939–942 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/79412
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