Singaporean attitudes to cognitive enhancement: a cross-sectional survey.

ABSTRACT: Recent developments in genetic technologies have provided prospective parents with increasing opportunities to influence their future child's phenotype. This study aimed to understand public attitudes towards gene-based technologies and services, with a particular focus on improving educational outcomes. We conducted a cross-sectional survey among a Singaporean population (n=1438), adapting a survey instrument previously used in the US context. Our results suggested that Singaporeans had a greater moral acceptance of, and willingness to use, genetic technologies and services compared with the US population. Among the technologies examined, the use of polygenic embryo screening was considered more acceptable than gene editing. While these public attitudes show some support for the use of th

SUBMITTER: Haining CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12573384 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature