Journal article
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 these technologies, further research and consultation among multiple stakeholder groups is necessary to determine whether such technology should be used and how it should be regulated.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1136/jme-2024-110490
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- Funder identifier:
- https://ror.org/029chgv08
- Grant:
- 226801/Z/22/Z
- Publisher:
- BMJ Publishing Group
- Journal:
- Journal of Medical Ethics More from this journal
- Volume:
- 51
- Issue:
- 11
- Pages:
- 747-753
- Place of publication:
- England
- Publication date:
- 2025-02-25
- Acceptance date:
- 2025-01-03
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1473-4257
- ISSN:
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0306-6800
- Pmid:
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40000240
- Language:
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English
- Pubs id:
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2092328
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pubs:2092328
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2025-03-25
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- Haining et al
- Copyright date:
- 2025
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- © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2025. Re-use permitted under CC BY. Published by BMJ Group. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported (CC BY 4.0) license, which permits others to copy, redistribute, remix, transform and build upon this work for any purpose, provided the original work is properly cited, a link to the licence is given, and indication of whether changes were made.
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