Shineha Ryuma, Inoue Yusuke, Yashiro Yoshimi
Osaka University, Yamadaoka 2-8 Techni-Alliance Complex Build.C 611, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
University of Tokyo, 4-6-1, Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0071, Japan.
Regen Ther. 2022 May 13;20:187-193. doi: 10.1016/j.reth.2022.04.007. eCollection 2022 Jun.
Breakthroughs in stem cell research (SCR) and regenerative medicine (RM) have attracted significant public attention worldwide. Simultaneously, scientific communities and science policies have tried to establish appropriate governance of SCR and RM. In this context, effective communication between scientific communities and the public is regarded as a key factor. However, the diversity of public attitudes and interests has not been sufficiently examined, especially the differences across countries.
We conducted an international comparison of public attitudes toward SCR and RM. We circulated an internet questionnaire among people in six countries: Japan, South Korea, the United States, the UK, Germany, and France. We collected 100 valid responses from each country, and a total of 600 responses were obtained.
Our key findings are the diversity of interests in RM, which can be expressed as user pragmatism, governance and handling of RM, risk, and benefit, and scientific interests. The priority of interests varied across the six countries, and the variations may be influenced by the political, social, cultural, and media contexts of SCR and RM in each country.
The implications can contribute to a deeper understanding of the diversity of public attitudes, and bring about an appropriate examination of a wide range of ethical and social concerns of SCR and RM in global contexts.
干细胞研究（SCR）和再生医学（RM）的突破在全球范围内引起了公众的广泛关注。与此同时，科学界和科学政策制定者一直试图建立对SCR和RM的适当治理。在这种背景下，科学界与公众之间的有效沟通被视为一个关键因素。然而，公众态度和兴趣的多样性尚未得到充分研究，尤其是不同国家之间的差异。
我们对公众对SCR和RM的态度进行了国际比较。我们在六个国家（日本、韩国、美国、英国、德国和法国）的人群中发放了一份网络调查问卷。我们从每个国家收集了100份有效回复，共获得600份回复。
我们的主要发现是RM兴趣的多样性，可表现为用户实用主义、RM的治理与处理、风险和收益以及科学兴趣。六个国家的兴趣优先级各不相同，这些差异可能受到每个国家SCR和RM的政治、社会、文化和媒体背景的影响。
这些启示有助于更深入地理解公众态度的多样性，并促使在全球背景下对SCR和RM广泛的伦理和社会问题进行适当审视。
