Public attitudes toward genomic researches in Japan.

本研究的目的是评估公众对基因组研究的态度，并通过分析全国民意调查的数据来检验公众态度与基因组素养水平之间的关系。我们评估了研究人员对基因组研究的态度。调查对象是从日本普通民众中选出的4000人（20 ~ 69岁）。我们确定，大多数日本参与者目前赞成促进与医学相关的基因组研究，并且具有高水平基因组素养的人倾向于赞成这种推广。

The aim of this study was to assess public attitudes toward genomic researches and to examine the relationship between public attitudes and the level of genomic literacy by analyzing data from the nationwide opinion surveys. And we assessed attitudes of researchers toward genomic researches. The participants comprised 4,000 people (age, 20-69) selected from the Japanese general population. We determined that a majority of the Japanese participants currently approved of the promotion of genomic studies related to medicine and that people with a high level of genomic literacy tended to approve the promotion.