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| - | <h4>Part I: General Knowledge</h4>
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| - | Have you heard of bacteriophages? <br>
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| - | 12% of the base (sample without any barriers) have heard of bacteriophages. <br>
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| - | There was no significant difference in gender. <br>
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| - | 19% of 18-34 year-old people have heard of them. <br>
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| - | 18% of people with an annual income greater than $50,000 have heard of them. <br>
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| - | 21% of people with education greater than a bachelors degree have heard of them. <br>
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| - | Prior to this survey, most people had not heard of bacteriophages or synthetic biology,
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| - | but most had heard of GMOs and antibiotic resistance. <br>
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| - | <h4> Part II: Food </h4>
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| - | A: On the whole most people are pretty neutral toward GMOs. <br>
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| - | Women are generally more concerned than men are about GMOs <br>
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| - | The largest deterrent from purchasing GMOs are rumors about their safety. <br>
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| - | The largest driver for purchasing GMOs is price of non-GMO food. <br>
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| - | 68% of the population believes we should conduct further research before GMOs
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| - | are used to feed the growing population. <br>
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| - | Wealthy, young, males are most interestingly the groups that are most likely
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| - | to want GMO products available. Note wealthy people were more likely to not
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| - | buy GMOs for themselves. They are willing to give them to others, but not eat them at
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| - | Some people will eat naturally occurring bacteria in their food, but there is much
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| - | more concern about eating genetically engineered bacteria. <br>
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| - | 70% of population believes the FDA should have regulations in place for
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| - | • Cheese and yogurt are much more popular choices than mushrooms.
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| - | Women tend to eat more yogurt than men <br>
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| - | <h4>B: Medicinal GMOs </h4>
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| - | • Wealth and education are strong indicators of likelihood of GMO products. <br>
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| - | • 64% of the population is concerned by antibiotic resistance. <br>
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| - | • 56% believe the government should be doing more to combat it. <br>
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| - | • 49% would be willing to use bacteriophages to combat a life-threatening disease. <br>
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| - | • 14% of women would be willing to spend more money on GMO free
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| - | products, while only 8% of men would <br>
| + | <a href="http://www.tuftssyntheticbiology.com/survey"> Survey Results </a> |
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