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<h4>Part I: General Knowledge</h4>
 
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Have you heard of bacteriophages? <br>
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<p>Disclaimer: Results will be published when the survey is administered.</p>
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12% of the base (sample without any barriers) have heard of bacteriophages. <br>
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<a href="http://www.tuftssyntheticbiology.com/survey"> Survey Results </a>
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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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<h4>B: Medicinal GMOs </h4>
 
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Wealth and education are strong indicators of likelihood of using 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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86% of women would not be willing to spend more money on GMO free products <br>
 
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92% of men would not be willing to spend more money on GMO free Products <br>
 
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