The Public Perception of the #GeneEditedBabies Event Across Multiple Social Media Platforms: Observational Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In November 2018, a Chinese researcher reported that his team had applied clustered regularly interspaced palindromic repeats or associated protein 9 to delete the gene C-C chemokine receptor type 5 from embryos and claimed that the 2 newborns would have lifetime immunity from HIV infection, an event referred to as #GeneEditedBabies on social media platforms. Although this event stirred a worldwide debate on ethical and legal issues regarding clinical trials with embryonic gene sequences, the focus has mainly been on academics and professionals. However, how the public, especially stratified by geographic region and culture, reacted to these issues is not yet well-understood.

Objective

The aim of this study is to examine web-based posts about the #GeneEditedBabies

SUBMITTER: Ni C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8957000 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature