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Genetically engineered coral: A mixed-methods analysis of initial public opinion

View ORCID ProfileElizabeth V. Hobman, Aditi Mankad, Lucy Carter, Chantale Ruttley, Aditi Mankad, Lucy Carter, Chantale Ruttley
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.05.24.445411
Elizabeth V. Hobman
1CSIRO Land & Water; CSIRO Synthetic Biology Future Science Platform, GPO Box 2583, Brisbane QLD 4001, Australia
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Aditi Mankad
1CSIRO Land & Water; CSIRO Synthetic Biology Future Science Platform, GPO Box 2583, Brisbane QLD 4001, Australia
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Lucy Carter
1CSIRO Land & Water; CSIRO Synthetic Biology Future Science Platform, GPO Box 2583, Brisbane QLD 4001, Australia
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Chantale Ruttley
2The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane QLD 4072, Australia
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Abstract

Rising sea surface water temperatures is contributing to coral degradation in the Great Barrier Reef. Synthetic biology technologies offer the potential to enhance coral resilience to higher water temperatures. To explore what the public think of genetically engineered coral, qualitative responses to an open-ended question in a survey of 1,148 of the Australian public were analysed. More respondents supported the technology (59%) than did not (11%). However, a considerable proportion indicated moderate or neutral support (29%). Participants commented about the (moral) right to interfere with nature and uncertainty regarding the consequences of implementing the technology. Participants also mentioned the need to take responsibility and act to save the reef, as well as the benefits likely to result from implementing the technology. Other themes included a desire for further testing and proof, more information, and tight regulation and controls when introducing the technology.

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Genetically engineered coral: A mixed-methods analysis of initial public opinion
Elizabeth V. Hobman, Aditi Mankad, Lucy Carter, Chantale Ruttley, Aditi Mankad, Lucy Carter, Chantale Ruttley
bioRxiv 2021.05.24.445411; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.05.24.445411
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Genetically engineered coral: A mixed-methods analysis of initial public opinion
Elizabeth V. Hobman, Aditi Mankad, Lucy Carter, Chantale Ruttley, Aditi Mankad, Lucy Carter, Chantale Ruttley
bioRxiv 2021.05.24.445411; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.05.24.445411

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