This past Friday on the Genome Campus, Dr Anna Middleton of the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute gave an interesting seminar about the method and findings of a survey she had delivered about genome ethics. I was interested because I use surveys in my work to understand people’s attitudes towards and experience of websites, but also … Continue reading
To date, 3000 people have completed our online survey exploring various ethical implications arising from the application of genome technology. Completed questionnaires have been received from across the world, from Beijing to Bucharest and from San Diego to Stuttgart. However, we need more! We asked Dame Sally Davies, Chief Medical Officer to the British government … Continue reading
Your doctor knows you at increased risk of getting cancer. You’d want to know, right? Or maybe not. Researchers in Cambridge are finding out what people want to know from their genes. They need 20,000 people to participate; your views will help mould policy. Take the Survey, its got 10 films in it! : https://survey.sanger.ac.uk/genomethics Tell … Continue reading
