36% of Americans say medical researchers understand the health effects of gene editing at least fairly well % of U.S. adults who say baby's medical genetic researchers characteristics understand the health risks and beneftsof changing a baby's genetic characteristics
The American public also tends to be skeptical about whether medical experts fully comprehend the health consequences of gene editing. A 36% minority of Americans believe that medical researchers understand the health effects of gene editing for babies either very (7%) or fairly well (29%), while 62% say medical researchers do not understand the health effects at all or not too well.
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