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dc.contributor.authorMilne, Richardeng
dc.coverage.spatialUnited Kingdomeng
dc.date.issued2008eng
dc.description.abstractPlant-made pharmaceuticals represent the third generation of genetically modified crops as well as a potentially significant development in pharmaceutical and vaccine manufacturing. Successful development is contingent on a number of factors, one of which is social acceptance. This article outlines the results of a focus group study conducted in the UK on public attitudes toward molecular farming. It finds that attitudes are predominantly positive. Judgments about molecular farming are made in terms of perceived need and benefits, not limited to the participants themselves. Concerns do exist about whether molecular farming represents the best approach to pharmaceutical production, which diseases are targeted, and whether it can be controlled and contained. While participants are unfamiliar with molecular farming, they draw on a range of existing knowledge and examples to anchor their understandings of it.eng
dc.description.bibrefIncludes bibliographical referenceseng
dc.identifier.citationAgBioForum, 11(2) 2008: 106-113.eng
dc.identifier.issn1522-936Xeng
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10355/1399
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.publisherAgBioForumeng
dc.relation.ispartofcollectionAgBioForum, vol. 11, no. 2 (2008)eng
dc.rightsOpenAccess.eng
dc.rights.licenseThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License.
dc.source.urihttp://www.agbioforum.missouri.edu/v11n2/v11n2a04-milne.htmeng
dc.subjectmolecular farmingeng
dc.subjectplant-made pharmaceuticalseng
dc.subjectqualitative researcheng
dc.subjectpublic attitudeseng
dc.subject.lcshCrops -- Genetic engineering -- Public opinioneng
dc.subject.lcshTransgenic plants -- Public opinioneng
dc.subject.lcshGenetically modified foods -- Public opinioneng
dc.subject.lcshPlant genetic engineering -- Public opinioneng
dc.titlePublic Attitudes Toward Molecular Farming in the UKeng
dc.typeArticleeng


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