{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Jones MS"],"funding":["National Institute of Food and Agriculture","National Science Foundation"],"pagination":["eaau8462"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC6739092"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["5(9)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Gene drive development is progressing more rapidly than our understanding of public values toward these technologies. We analyze a statistically representative survey (<i>n</i> = 1018) of U.S. adult attitudes toward agricultural gene drives. When informed about potential risks, benefits, and two previously researched applications, respondents' support/opposition depends heavily (+22%/-19%) on whether spread of drives can be limited, non-native versus native species are targeted (+12%/-9%), or the drive replaces versus suppresses target species (±2%). The one-fifth of respondents seeking out non-GMO-labeled food are more likely to oppose drives, although their support exceeds opposition for limited applications. Over 62% trust U.S. universities and the Department of Agriculture to research "],"journal":["Science advances"],"pubmed_title":["Does the U.S. public support using gene drives in agriculture? And what do they want to know?"],"pmcid":["PMC6739092"],"funding_grant_id":["2017-67030-26778","1533990","HATCH NC0250","1068676"],"pubmed_authors":["Delborne JA","Mitchell PD","Jones MS","Elsensohn J","Brown ZS"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Does the U.S. public support using gene drives in agriculture? And what do they want to know?","description":"Gene drive development is progressing more rapidly than our understanding of public values toward these technologies. We analyze a statistically representative survey (<i>n</i> = 1018) of U.S. adult attitudes toward agricultural gene drives. When informed about potential risks, benefits, and two previously researched applications, respondents' support/opposition depends heavily (+22%/-19%) on whether spread of drives can be limited, non-native versus native species are targeted (+12%/-9%), or the drive replaces versus suppresses target species (±2%). The one-fifth of respondents seeking out non-GMO-labeled food are more likely to oppose drives, although their support exceeds opposition for limited applications. Over 62% trust U.S. universities and the Department of Agriculture to research ","dates":{"release":"2019-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2019 Sep","modification":"2025-04-04T22:12:11.446Z","creation":"2019-09-26T07:05:32Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC6739092","cross_references":{"pubmed":["31535017"],"doi":["10.1126/sciadv.aau8462"]}}