Adam Rutherford, Laurence Hurst, Cristina Fonseca and Vivienne Parry: Public views on genetics - what have we learnt?

A survey of over 2000 British adults conducted by the Genetics
Society found that trust in genetics is high and went up
significantly during the pandemic.


In this episode of the G Word our Head of Public Engagement,
Vivienne Parry OBE, is joined by guests, Dr Adam Rutherford,
geneticist, author, and broadcaster, Professor Laurence
Hurst, Professor of evolutionary genetics and  Director of the
Milner Centre for Evolution and Dr Cristina Fonseca,
Head of Engagement and Communications at Genetics Society, to
discuss findings from the survey and the supporting research
paper published in Plos Biology exploring the links between
someone’s understanding of science and their attitudes towards
it.


 


You can read our transcript here:
https://files.genomicsengland.co.uk/documents/Podcast-transcripts/Public-views-on-genetics.docx


 


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