Public attitudes in Japan toward the reproductive use of gametes derived from human-induced pluripotent stem cells

PURPOSE: To investigate the interests of the Japanese general public in the reproductive use of in vitro derived (IVD)-gametes. METHODS: We conducted an online survey and obtained answers from 3096 respondents. RESULTS: More than half of the respondents agreed with the reproductive use of IVD-gamete...

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Autores principales: Akatsuka, Kyoko, Hatta, Taichi, Sawai, Tsutomu, Fujita, Misao
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Future Science Ltd 2021
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8609981/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34840811
http://dx.doi.org/10.2144/fsoa-2021-0065
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Sumario:PURPOSE: To investigate the interests of the Japanese general public in the reproductive use of in vitro derived (IVD)-gametes. METHODS: We conducted an online survey and obtained answers from 3096 respondents. RESULTS: More than half of the respondents agreed with the reproductive use of IVD-gametes by infertile heterosexual married couples but disagreed with the same use by unmarried or homosexual individuals. Nearly 70.0% disagreed with the use for designing a baby. DISCUSSION: In Japan at present, the use of IVD-gametes that deviate from societal values regarding reproduction and family prescribed by the conventional marriage system is unlikely to be accepted. It is also unlikely to be accepted for non-treatment purposes in reproduction.

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